🥾 Walking route
Box Hill Happy Valley circular walk, Box Hill
Surrey
- 📏 4.8 km · 3 mi
- ⛰ +225 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 30 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.8 km · 3 mi
- Elevation+225 m
- Duration1 hr 30 min
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainChalk downland paths, woodland tracks, some steep ascents and descents
- Best seasonSpring to autumn for wildflowers and clear views
- DogsDog friendly, keep on lead near livestock and roads
About this walk
This circular route on Box Hill packs a lot of Surrey's finest chalk downland scenery into a compact three miles. Setting out from Donkey Green, the path climbs to the well-known viewpoint at the summit of Box Hill before dropping into the quiet folds of Happy Valley.
From there you follow the ridgeline over Lodge Hill and up to Juniper Top, where open grassland gives long views across the Mole Valley. The route then swings round via Flint Hill, with the option to pause at Smith & Western or Salomons on the way back. Along the way you'll pass close to the Ramblers' 1939-45 Memorial Bridge, and can look across to Burford Spur and the chalk slopes known as The Whites.
With 225 metres of ascent packed into a short distance, the walk earns its moderate grading, but the steeper pulls are rewarded with sweeping panoramas over the North Downs and the Weald beyond.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
7 waypoints along the way
- 1
Donkey Green
- 2
Box Hill
- 3
Lodge Hill
- 4
Juniper Top
- 5
Flint Hill
- 6
Smith & Western
- 7
Salomons
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Ramblers' 1939-45 Memorial Bridge
~483 m off the route
Burford Spur
~365 m off the route
The Whites
~487 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).