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Explore Horsell Common
Heather Farm is the ideal starting place for walking on the Common or just meeting up with friends for refreshments at Heather Farm Café. There is a large free car park, with plenty of disabled parking areas, EV charging points and even a “posh wash” for the dogs when they get muddy.
Address: Heather Farm, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4XY
Adjoining Heather Farm are the SANG meadows. (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace) This circular paths offer a wonderful area to enjoy a leisurely walk whilst offsetting the footfall on the fragile heathland habitats. There is a dog free Wetlands area which is accessible from the car park.
The HCPS office and other enterprises occupy the one remaining huge shed where mushrooms were once grown. It is hard to imagine that this was, until 2005, the Blue Prince mushroom farm with many huge sheds on acres of concrete.
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Walks
Horsell Common is the largest area of recreational green space in Woking Borough. Horsell Common Preservation Society continues to maintain the common for recreational use. In recent years, since the opening of Heather farm, raised paths in the SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace) meadows have created very easy walking areas. Due to the nature of this area the paths can get muddy during the wetter winter months. The meadows are ideal for dog walking. Please check that your dog is kept under control at all times and that you dispose of dog waste in the many bins provided.
Places of Interest
Ancient Bronze Age burial sites, a peaceful memorial garden to Muslim soldiers, the site of “The War of the Worlds” Martian landings and the popular Heather Farm café and dog walking meadows all have free car parking and footpaths. The car parks make good starting points from which to discover the Common and its walks.
Nature and Conservation
Horsell Common has a rich mosaic of heathland habitats, ranging from open heath and acidic grasses to bog, heathland pools, secondary woodland and scrub. It supports a variety of heathland plants and animals, including several which are local or rare.
Horsell Common is probably one of the richest areas in Surrey for bees, wasps and ants with over 180 species having been recorded, including 15 species of spider-hunting wasps. In 2021, over 40 different species of birds were recorded on Horsell Common.