Footpath No.39 – Whitmore Vale Road to the Surrey county boundary

Updated August 2020

Note: There is a stile and steps on this path

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A finger post on Whitmore Vale Road points to a stile which leads into a private garden. The garden belongs to a property once owned by John Noakes of BBC Blue Peter fame.

 

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The path weaves its way through the garden, down some steps and under a bamboo ‘tunnel’ ...

 

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... to cross the Barford stream on a bridge made of railway sleepers. This is the county boundary with Surrey where Headley FP39 ends and Surrey FP1 begins.

 

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The path carries on through a gate ...

 

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... and up some steps ...

 

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... to meet a bridleway (Surrey BW32). There is a guide post to our path (photo shows reverse direction). Turning left down BW32 takes you to Barford and is often used as part of a circular walk.