We parked our car in New Road, which only has parking restrictions up until 10am on weekdays, but presumably we could have come by train as we started by walking past Witley Station and crossing the railway. Wormley developed primarily as a consequence of the construction of Witley station in the 19th century. The placename probably derived from the Old English wyrm, which meant a reptile or snake, and lēah which meant woodland clearing.
We followed the Greensands way to Sandhills, which is easier to guess where it got it’s name from! The route was a bit confusing at this point, with many path options, but we found our way onto the road and our route up the hill, along the ridge and back down to the also unoriginally named village of Brook!
We followed the Greensands way until Lower House, which is where we’d left off last time. We turned south to Bowlhead Green. Here there was a bench which could have made a lunch stop, but we pressed on up Beech Hill and into Uplands Park. We actually had our lunch by the duck ponds in Uplands Park. The ground was a bit muddy, but there were some trees to keep us a bit sheltered and there were lots of fancy breds of ducks to entertain us.
After lunch we followed the road back to Brook and then south to cross the railway near Hopkins Reeds. We then headed to the outskirts of Chiddingfold, then north back to Wormley.
This circuit was about 8 miles.
Embrace your inner goat 