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Lightwater

Surrey


Slow Ways linking Lightwater and Ascot, Bracknell, Brookwood, Camberley, Frimley, Ottershaw, Virginia Water, Woking

England / Surrey / Lightwater

Lightwater’s eight Slow Ways are 50% checked

Drawn: 8/8
reviewed: 8/8
verified: 0/8
and surveyed: 0/8

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Slow Way Route To do
Ascot—Lightwater
Asclig one

Double check Distance 9km/6mi Ascent - Descent -
Bracknell—Lightwater
Bralig one

Review me Distance 12km/8mi Ascent 141m Descent 117m
Camberley—Lightwater
Camlig one Review me Distance 7km/5mi Ascent 83m Descent 110m
Frimley—Lightwater
Frilig one

Double check Distance 9km/6mi Ascent 85m Descent 94m
Frimley—Lightwater
Frilig two Review me Distance 9km/6mi Ascent - Descent -
Lightwater—Brookwood
Ligbro three Review me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent - Descent -
Lightwater—Ottershaw
Ligott one

Double check Distance 13km/8mi Ascent 71m Descent 90m
Lightwater—Ottershaw
Ligott two

Double check Distance 15km/9mi Ascent 70m Descent 88m
Lightwater—Ottershaw
Ligott three Review me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent - Descent -
Lightwater—Virginia Water
Ligvir one

Double check Distance 15km/9mi Ascent 93m Descent 115m
Lightwater—Woking
Ligwok one

Double check Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 49m Descent 69m

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Collective progress

50% of Lightwater’s eight route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

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11/11

reviewed

0/11

surveyed

0/11

verified

2 people have contributed to Lightwater’s Slow Ways

1 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Lightwater

123km out of 123km have been walked and reviewed

135km of reviews have been shared in Lightwater

Latest Updates

One thing to watch out for is a public bypass of the Broadoak farm approx. There are steps right next to the wide gate but they are overgrown and it doesn't look like a genuine public footpath at all....

Petr Sadilek

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This route mostly leads along a military shooting range where there is a fence with a barbed wire on one side. The approach to Frimley is through a wooded area with many crisscrossing footpaths so it doesn't matter too much if walkers don't hit the right one. It is easy to follow, safe and I would recommend it to others....

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Frimley—Lightwater

Petr Sadilek added Frilig two, a new walk from Frimley to Lightwater

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The only sounds that accompanied me on my walk were gunshots in the nearby military shooting range...

Petr Sadilek

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Lightwater—Brookwood

Petr Sadilek added Ligbro three, a new walk from Lightwater to Brookwood

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I'll be drawing another version of the route which avoids the swampy area....

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Lightwater—Ottershaw

Petr Sadilek added Ligott three, a new walk from Lightwater to Ottershaw

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There are steps right next to the wide gate but they are overgrown and it doesn't look like a genuine public footpath at all. There is a nice wide farm track along the stream but the public footpath leads on the other side of a fence between the wide farm track and the stream. I couldn't continue so I went on the farm track but it is closed off by a gate when it approaches Youngstroat Lane....

Petr Sadilek

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I started walking the route at Ottershaw and the first 1 km next to playing fields has a pavement next to them. On the other hand, the rest of the route led through quiet woods, fields and meadows and I'd praise is highly if it was not for one spot where the route seems to go through an inaccessible section....

Petr Sadilek

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Leaving Ascot town center, there is either a road with a pavement down to the train station or as the route suggests a wide direct pavement from the racecourse car park straight to a subway under the station. When the route reaches Bagshot Road there is still a pavement for some 400m but then it stops. There was a locked iron gate across the road where the footpath emerged on Church Road but pedestrians can go past it via a gate on the side....

Petr Sadilek

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I started my outing at Lightwater and as it happened on a similar route out of Lightwater a couple of months ago I missed the entry to woods near the end of Guildford Road. I was walking along this stretch of the route only a couple of days after rainy days and the bit between Heath-hill Farm and Deep Poole Lane leads through a narrow footpath which is borded by wired electric fences on both sides. Otherwise, a slightly modified route avoiding Heath-hill Farm could be an option....

Petr Sadilek

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I started from Camberley and the route to the town edge required only occasional checks of the gpx line. The rest of the route to the center of Lightwater is probably the shortest one and there are pavements along the whole way from the Country Park to central Lightwater....

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Ascot—Lightwater

Mary Oz added Asclig one, a new walk from Ascot to Lightwater

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A route through the Longcross estate seems to be guarded at several locations so walkers would likely be reminded of their rights if they strayed from the marked public footpath. The most problematic leg of this route is the last stretch before Virginia Water where it is supposed to follow a public footpath through the woods and next to pens protected by fence and barbed wire on both sides. I would definitely not walk this route again unless local authorities or whoever is responsible restore this footpath starting at Bog wood and leading up to the edge of Virginia Water....

Petr Sadilek

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Crossing over Nine Mile Ride is dangerous - there are traffic lights just to the east, which would be a better crossing. Walking through Swinley Forest is nice, but difficult to navigate as there are numerous paths and rides that are not signposted, so need to either be naturally good at directions or have gps. Agree that finishing point in dead area of Lightwater odd when the route goes close to Bagshot with a bus stop, shops, pubs etc...

Stevie

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The route follows quiet footpaths in both Bracknell and Lightwater and the middle part leads through the Swinley forest where there is plenty of opportunities to sit down on a log or in a shielded spot....

Petr Sadilek

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Bracknell—Lightwater

Slow Ways added Bralig one, a new walk from Bracknell to Lightwater

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Camberley—Lightwater

Slow Ways added Camlig one, a new walk from Camberley to Lightwater

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Frimley—Lightwater

Slow Ways added Frilig one, a new walk from Frimley to Lightwater

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Lightwater—Ottershaw

Slow Ways added Ligott one, a new walk from Lightwater to Ottershaw

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Lightwater—Ottershaw

Slow Ways added Ligott two, a new walk from Lightwater to Ottershaw

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Lightwater—Virginia Water

Slow Ways added Ligvir one, a new walk from Lightwater to Virginia Water

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Lightwater—Woking

Slow Ways added Ligwok one, a new walk from Lightwater to Woking

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Lightwater’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SU9311462156

Lat / Lon

51.35086° / -0.66429°

Easting / Northing

493,114E / 162,156N

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