The track has a tarmac surface until it turns away right to sewage works, but your route is to continue straight on now along a stony surface to the cross paths at the bottom. (Notice the yellow hydrant which you will need to recognise on your return journey).

Turn right along the bridleway for nearly half a mile ingoring paths off to the right until almost under the railway arches you look left for a footpath between holly bushes. This leads to Cook’s Pond.

Continue straight ahead crossing two estate roads for half a mile and generally keeping close to the railway line until you reach Dormans Station.

Here cross to the right of the station buildings, take the tarmac footpath across the field to a lane. Turn left into the lane (ignoring lane going ahead). The lane passes between hedges and crosses the railway line by a brick bridge. Just beyond the bridge go through gap on left.

The path ahead is slightly marked across the golf course and into the wood. The path now turns right away from the golf course and eventually emerges from the wood onto a wide track, alongside the racecourse.

You have to cross the track of the racecourse. Go to the right for about 150 yards down to the 5 furlong marker. Cross over to the left here to a short path leading to the golf course. A post notice here directs you to go to the left and follow the footpath signs.

These follow the course of the river on your left. When you reach a flat bridge and fingerpost do not cross the bridge but bear right and skirt round the golf course until you reach three fingerposts and a bridge. Again, do not cross the bridge but go right and up to a stile on the left leading to Blackberry Lane. Go straight on along a very short road into Blackberry Road. Go ahead with houses on your right.

About 100 yards on the left is a footpath sign, and stile by a gate leading into a concrete yard. Pass stables on right and pass through a field gate onto a tarmac track.

Follow this to a large barn on your right. This is the end of the track.

Look ahead to a line of pine trees and cross the field in front of you to a gate and stile at the right hand end of the pine trees. Once over the stile ignore path ahead and turn left, go along the footpath between the hedge and trees to a stile. Cross the stile and continue along the path over a footbridge. The path rises gently up among trees, over another stile to pass a property on your left until you reach the road at the entrance to Dormans Park.

Turn right along this road for about a quarter of a mile, over cross roads and downhill to the end of it by The Clock House.

Your footpath continues straight on and crosses a wooden bridge, gradually climbing up through woodland. Your track is straight on and so into a lane. Felcourt Road is to the right and the now closed Adeline Genee theatre.

Turn left along the lane. Where it appears to peter out at the end of a cul-de-sac, turn right opposite “The Cottage” into an enclosed track leading into woodland. Follow this track to the cross track you passed earlier.

Turn right here and you will see the yellow hydrant post. Now retrace your steps back through Eden Vale and on to your car.

Walk route: "Printable map"

It is recommended that you use Ordnance Survey, Explorer Map 135 & 146 for this walk.