SABRE Trails

Introduction

David Leedham was a valued member of SABRE and originally led this series of walks that he devised in 2006 and 2007, SABRE walked them again in 2023 in his memory. A tribute to David can be found here. We hope you enjoy them as much as us.

The Greensand Way runs for a total of 105 miles from Haslemere in Surrey to Ham Street in Kent. We walked the Surrey section in a series of day walks.

Greensand Way Part 1 (11 miles)

From Witley station we take the train to Haslemere, from there we walk to the start of the Greensand Way.  The walk is a mix of minor roads, bridle ways and footpaths. Hilly.

Start Point: Witley Station Car Park (GR: SU949379)

First led by David: April 2006

Greensand Way Part 2 (12 miles)

This is a circular walk which incorporates section 2 of the Greensand Way walk, from Witley to Hascombe, with lovely views across the Weald. We walk via Hambledon Common, Burgate Hanger and Holloways Heath to Hascombe for lunch. We then circumnavigate Hascombe Hill, pass a mysterious stone circle, and head back to Witley via Northbridge. Several short hills. 

Start Point: Witley station car park (GR: SU949379)

First led by David: August 2006

Read more: Leedham Trail - Greensand Way

Introduction

The Surrey and Beyond trail was set up in 2021 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our Ramblers walking group, SABRE. The SABRE Trail, true to our group's name, reaches beyond Surrey to start in Hampshire (the beautiful scenery of the New Alresford and West Meon areas) and finish at Toys Hill and Westerham area in Kent, whilst taking in a selection of the very best walking spots in our own county enroute, including the Surrey Hills ANOB.

This is NOT a conventional linear trail but rather a series of 40 circular walks – one long and one short – around 20 location points along our chosen 'line' of travel across Hampshire, Surrey and Kent. The walks have been chosen by a selection of our walk leaders with most walks 'self-created' favourites of them; some are 'ready-made' from the Fancy Free website. Permission for this was granted by John Piggott, the founder of Fancy Free, and we thank him for that generosity.

Start point: New Alresford, Hants
Finish point: Westerham, Kent

Read more: SABRE Tenth Anniversary Trail