プリンシズ・コバートでの周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

A seat with a view.

The Avenue runs through the Prince's Covert woodland. It's a gravel track and offers a fast descent in one direction and a slow, steady climb in the other, with a consistent gradient of around 3%.

The Avenue going through Stoke Wood, joining Fairoak Lane and Kingston Road, is a good gravel track. After going into the deeper, muddier reaches of the wood, this stretch can be a blissful interlude between rough sections. It is actually a good connecting thoroughfare between the tougher routes that abound here.

So close to busy, suburban Chessington, yet it feels so far away up here on Winey Hill. There are great views and you will often find horses grazing.

Prince's Coverts has a mix of trails through the trees or two hardpacked gravel paths that fan out to the south east and south west from this entrance at its northern most tip. It was once the hunting ground of Prince Leopold I of Belgium who lived at Claremont Park nearby. If you do come into the woodland from here, the gate does look like it is locked shut but the kissing gate is open and you are allowed to enter. You are only allowed to horse ride here by prior agreement so the large gate is locked to stop unauthorised horse riders entering.

Oxshott Common is an area of Common Land where Oxshott residents still reserve the right to gather wood for domestic fires. With varied woodland and sandy trails, it is a lovely place for a hike and easily accessible from London by rail to Oxshott Station which is right next door.

A Local Nature Reserve, Esher Common is a beautiful place for a hike. The landscape is very varied with woodland, Scots Pine, ponds and boggy areas to explore.

Popular with dog walkers, hikers and cyclists, Black Pond suddenly appears as you walk along the path. It is a calm oasis so close to the busy A3. The lake was dug to supply water to Claremont Gardens, a landscape garden close by, now managed by the National Trust.