Bookham Common Butterfly Walk, North Downs West · Avandra

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Bookham Common Butterfly Walk, North Downs West

Loop Walk · Surrey

150

XP

about 40 min walking

Easy

3.03 km

Loop

00:30

Graded from its length and climb.

Walk through one of the best woods in England for sighting the elusive purple emperor butterfly, Britain's second largest butterfly, with a wingspan of over 8cm. It was first recorded here in June 2017, and now thrives here thanks to decades of work.

126 m

76 m

26 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

39 m

Drop

35 m

Highest

80 m

Lowest

41 m

Which way round

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

Main descent: km 1.7–2.4, from 80 m to 51 m.

How the 3.0 km splits

Flat

1.3 km

Climbing

0.9 km

Descending

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

Bookham Common Activity Trail, North Downs West

Starts here too · Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.2

3.48 km

Campsites near the start

Polyapes Scout Campsite

3.5 km from the start · 4.7★ (149)

Horsley Camping and Caravanning Club Site

4.3 km from the start · 4.6★ (611)

Embers Camping - Polesden Lacey

4.3 km from the start · 4.4★ (96)

Horsley

5.1 km from the start