Sidney Wood Alfold

A glasshouse is marked in speeds map.

Sidney wood alfold. Aubrey 17th century. Its history is wrapped up in the great wealden forest. This walk is published through a collaboration with the surrey county council. The walk is relatively at with just a few steady gradients.

Sidney wood and the lost canal 1 1. Early glass making evidence of which can be seen in sidney wood appears to provide the oldest trace of land use in the village. This property is located at sydney wood cottage rosemary lane alfold cranleigh gu6 8ez and has an estimated current value of 641000. Rosemary lane has 33 properties on it with an average current value of 1168728 compared to an average property value of 559185 for gu6.

It follows long stretches of bridleways through woodland and parkland with some stretches that can become very muddy so good boots are required or wellies with grips after periods of rain. Alfoldalso recorded as aldfold or awfoldmeant the old fold or clearing enclosure for cattle which is apt as it was in a much wooded area of the weald meaning forest in old and middle english prior to being cleared for farming. Sidney wood and the lost canal. This attractive route explores mixed woodlands and old parkland as well as a long stretch of the old wey and arun canal built during the napoleonic wars and now reclaimed by nature with some stretches undergoing restoration.

The main road has encouraged little development and neither did the wey and arun junction canal when it was operating in the village. In sydney wood were glass houses of which the only relic is the name glass house fields. A circular walk from sidney wood near surrey near the border with west sussex. Alfold is a rural parish on the borders of surrey and sussex bounded on the north by hascombe and cranleigh.