Walkfest Launch and Walk from The Hive

 

Join us for the launch of Guildford Walkfest 2023 in the presence of the Mayor of Guildford followed by a circular walk towards Manor Farm and Broadstreet Common

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Date: Friday 1st September 2023

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Time: Official Launch at 10.30 am       Walk sets off 11.00 am

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Meet:  The Hive, Park Barn Drive, Guildford GU2 8EN

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Any travel advice: Start point easily accessible by public transport e.g. Safeguard routes 4 and 5

 

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​Grid reference for start point: SU974505

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Description of walk: Following the official launch activities, the walk will commence at 11am.

 

As David Rose leads this walk he will be giving details of Guildford's medieval royal deer park while passing the site of a royal hunting lodge of which parts of its moat remain. He will indicate the site where in 1952 a US Army Airforce F-86A Sabre aircraft crashed after a mid-air collision at 24,000ft with a RAF Meteor F8 aircraft during a military exercise and give details of the Roman farmstead that was on Broadstreet Common

 

​Any specific walk conditions / issues:  None

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Dogs allowed / not allowed?: Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome

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Length of Walk: Full route - 3.9 miles (6 kms), Short flat loop – 1 mile (1.6 km) approx

 

Book via Surrey Hills Society website Events page www.surreyhillssociety.org/events/ or click HERE

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Contact: Surrey Hills Society Co-ordinator 07530 949302

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Email: info@surreyhillssociety.org

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Led by: David Rose – Local Historian with Ken Bare – Walkfest Coordinator and Vice-President of Surrey Hills Society