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Following the Mole Valley in the company of kingfishers to the North Downs
Leatherhead to Dorking, Surrey
The Mole on its journey through Norbury Park
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I’ve visited before, but not for some time, and well worth another visit, Box Hill is so easily accessible from London that a return couldn’t come too soon. This time, I began at Leatherhead and followed the course of the River Mole upstream as it forges a path between the chalk hills of the North Downs. Despite this being an area I have explored before, there was plenty of interest en route – fleeting glimpses of one of our most spectacular birds, a cornucopia of fungi, and plenty of history. Once again, I took in in one of the finest viewpoints on the North Downs – despite the limited visibility on a damp and misty late autumn day.
Start: Leatherhead Station TQ163568
Finish: Dorking Main Station TQ171504
Length: 8¾ miles/4 hours
How to get there: I travelled with Southern on services running to and from London Victoria, but both stations are also served by South West Trains services from London Waterloo
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