Walk Leith Hill from Friday Street
The highest point in Surrey
This 5½ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Friday Street & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | su100 | |
| Length: | 5½ miles (9km) | |
| Ascent: | 768 ft (234m) | |
| Time: | 3 hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Friday Street - Abinger Common - Abinger Bottom - The Greensand Way - Leith Hill - Shakes Hill - Whitberry Hill - Stable Copse - Bushy Wood - Friday Street
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Leith Hill at 295m (968ft). Leith Hill is classified as an English Marilyn (135th highest in England, 1387th highest in the UK). The summit of Leith Hill is marked by a tall tower. At 994m (965ft) Leith Hill is not only the highest point in Surrey but the highest point in South East of England. On a clear day you can see 13 counties as well as St Paul's Cathedral and the English Channel from the top of the tower.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Greensand Way, a 173km (107 miles) linear footpath connecting Haslemere in Surrey, England with Hamstreet in Kent, England. The Greensand Way is waymarked by the letters 'GW' in Surrey and an Oast House motif in Kent. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Greensand Way.
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Leith Hill from Friday Street
In no particular order . . .
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