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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Dorking and Horley.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Dorking and Horley.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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| Grade 3: Route includes rough surfaces that may include small boulders, potholes, shallow ruts, loose gravel, short muddy sections. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
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Accessibility
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Measurements
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The narrowest part of the path is 60.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 20.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 30.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 20.0% (1)
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Unclear in places (1)
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Terrain
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20.0% of the route is on roads (1)
There is no data on how much of this route is lit at night
15.0% of the route is paved (1)
10.0% of the route is muddy (1)
5.0% of the route is over rough ground (1)
5.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Dorking
Grid Ref
TQ1643549288
Lat / Lon
51.23091° / -0.33373°
Easting / Northing
516,435E / 149,288N
What3Words
tinsel.chimp.motion
Horley
Grid Ref
TQ2865342672
Lat / Lon
51.16883° / -0.16120°
Easting / Northing
528,653E / 142,672N
What3Words
record.sand.nation
Dorhor One's land is
| Dorking | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ1643549288 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.23091° / -0.33373° |
| Easting / Northing | 516,435E / 149,288N |
| What3Words | tinsel.chimp.motion |
| Horley | |
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| Grid Ref | TQ2865342672 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.16883° / -0.16120° |
| Easting / Northing | 528,653E / 142,672N |
| What3Words | record.sand.nation |
| Arable | 28.2% |
| Pasture | 51.5% |
| Urban | 20.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Katecheema
12 Sep 2022Walked the Dorking - Horley direction on a foggy early autumnal day. For the most part a very pleasant walk through farmland and past some historic spots. The downside was some short sections of road walking with sporadic but very fast traffic (although verges were wide) and a very overgrown and inaccessible path just past Brittleware Farm. Lots of stiles and a couple of fields of cows, some of the former in poor repair, but otherwise accurate and feeling safe. There are also many nicer, less busy ways into Horley other than the A217, so I will suggest some tweaks at that point.
Derick Rethans
28 Aug 2022I walked this from Horley to Dorking on a warm, but slightly overcast Saturday morning.
This would be 5 stars if: there was less road walking near Horley; and no electric fence to cross. There is a Horhor2 route now, which does need review but I am going to guess is a 5 star route.
Most of this route is through farmland, with sheep, cows, and horses, and a llama. Walking from south to north, like I did, gives a good view of the chalk hills of the North Downs. There was very little road walking (besides the first 2 miles near Horley), and where it was necessary, it was either short, little traffic, or a good verge. The route was mostly flat, with only two minor hills. In some places it probably would get a little muddy. There were a lot of stiles though.
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Lizbiz70
27 Aug 2022Dorking Stations are 15 minutes from the start, which I guessed was the South St bus stop. The walk was a very pleasant start through fields following the Greensand Way. There were a lot of stiles, many needing repair and walking on roads, with fast moving cars. I would suggest change from Ridgewood Stud to move right and then go past the moat into Horley to avoid three roundabouts. The path from Brittleware Farm to Wrstwsrd farm was a footpath dumped with rubbish of all kinds and then through a field with an electric fence. I am going to suggest an alternative.
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