Description
Fairly quiet suburban route which rises up the side of a steep sided valley in order to keep away from the busy A22 / Godstone Road that links Purley and Kenley stations. Mostly on very quiet residential roads, some footpath/alleyways and, near Kenley, across a nature reserve being grazed by cows.
Downs Court Road has a bit more traffic, do make sure to cross near the junction with Cliff End not further up the hill as there is a blind bend close to the footpath entrance there.
The grazing cows are fairly used to humans but dogs definitely need to be on leads.
Unlike PurKen 1 it has only one *very* steep section and is otherwise under 10% gradient. That steep bit is the long flight of stairs between Friends Rd and Cliff End and it is also in PurKen 1. You could avoid it by heading straight to the bottom of Downs Court Road from Purley Station. There's a couple of kissing gates around the cows but no stiles
Fairly quiet suburban route which rises up the side of a steep sided valley in order to keep away from the busy A22 / Godstone Road that links Purley and Kenley stations. Mostly on very quiet residential roads, some footpath/alleyways and, near Kenley, across a nature reserve being grazed by cows.
Downs Court Road has a bit more traffic, do make sure to cross near the junction with Cliff End not further up the hill as there is a blind bend close to the footpath entrance there.
The grazing cows are fairly used to humans but dogs definitely need to be on leads.
Unlike PurKen 1 it has only one *very* steep section and is otherwise under 10% gradient. That steep bit is the long flight of stairs between Friends Rd and Cliff End and it is also in PurKen 1. You could avoid it by heading straight to the bottom of Downs Court Road from Purley Station. There's a couple of kissing gates around the cows but no stiles
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Purley
Grid Ref
TQ3144261536
Lat / Lon
51.33773° / -0.11441°
Easting / Northing
531,442E / 161,536N
What3Words
fired.oils.degree
Kenley
Grid Ref
TQ3241160111
Lat / Lon
51.32470° / -0.10103°
Easting / Northing
532,411E / 160,111N
What3Words
caked.vines.raves
| Purley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ3144261536 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.33773° / -0.11441° |
| Easting / Northing | 531,442E / 161,536N |
| What3Words | fired.oils.degree |
| Kenley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ3241160111 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.32470° / -0.10103° |
| Easting / Northing | 532,411E / 160,111N |
| What3Words | caked.vines.raves |
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