Black Down
Distance: 7 miles (11km)
Ascent: 365 metres
Start/finish: Tennyson Lane car park, GU27 3BJ
Follow the waymarked Serpent Trail R from the car park and north along the road to a L turn after about ½ mile. Follow this bridleway north-west past High Barn Farm and across the B2131 into Haslemere (2.4 miles/3.9km). Turn L off the Serpent Trail back to the B2131, turning L and then R after a short distance, heading south to another road. Turn L then R onto a byway uphill past Stedlands Farm. Turn L into Chase Wood heading south-east to the Sussex Border Path onto Black Down. Turn R onto the Serpents Trail to reach the viewpoint called the Temple of the Winds (5.6 miles/9km). Turn around and head north along the main trail back to the start.
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