Heritage Walks

Starting from Bishopsmead Parade in East Horsley, this heritage walk of 1.5 miles provides views of 22 heritage structures in and around the East Horsley Conservation Area including Horsley Towers and St Martin’s Church.

Starting from the A246 layby near the Bell & Colvill garage in West Horsley this 2 mile long heritage trail follows The Street and adjacent roads across West Horsley, identifying 24 old houses and cottages which date from the 15th to the 19th centuries.

This circular walk of 3.8 miles around East Horsely and West Horsely offers views of 28 heritage structures including our two largest buildings (Horsley Towers & West Horsley Place) as well as the two oldest (St Mary’s and St Martin’s churches).

In the 1860’s Lord Lovelace built 15 decorative bridges to enable timber to be moved across the woodlands in the southern part of his Horsley Towers estate. 10 of these bridges survive today and represent a unique heritage asset of the Horsleys. This shorter 3.2 miles walk begins at the Sheepleas car park in Green Dene and provides close up views of 6 Lovelace bridges, including all of the best-preserved structures.

Also starting at the Sheepleas car park in Green Dene, this is a longer version of the Lovelace Bridges trail which passes all 10 of the surviving bridges in a 5.2 miles’ long walk.