🥾 Walk 328 - Chobham Common

The Early May Bank Holiday weekend was very warm. It was already 20°C when twelve of us met up at the Staple Hill car park on the edge of Chobham Common and was 25°C by the end of the walk. We started by following a well-established footpath that took us toward the Long Cross car park before heading deeper into the common on narrower paths, flanked with gorse bushes and brambles. (We had been warned not to wear shorts!)

Along the route we saw a group of people flying model aircraft from a high point in the common. The modern radio-controlled models tend to use electric motors instead of the buzzy internal combustion engines previous used. Much more peaceful!

Leaving the common near Butts Hill, we passed through farmland and woodland. There we many bluebells in the woodland, still in bloom. Our route looped back toward the common, via the northern outskirts of Chobham village. Here we found a suitable place to stop for our picnic lunch.

The picnic over, we headed back into the common, via Langshot equestrian farm. Here the public footpath led us into a field with no exit. We had to climb the wooden fence, as the original stile had been partly dismantled and an electric fence passed in front of it. We all made it over the fence without any damage to it, or to ourselves, and were back on our way.

Now the route took us through the common toward the M3 motorway, which was quite audible once we were close. Passing under the motorway, we followed footpaths that led us to Chertsey Road, which we followed to The Brickmakers pub, were we stopped for refreshment. It was quite busy, on account of the excellent weather, but we found some outside tables.

Much refreshed we followed the road a bit further before re-entering Chobham Common, for the final leg of the walk. Crossing over the B383 road and under the M3 motorway again, we were soon back at the Staple Hill car park, where we had started. See our route on Google Maps.

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