Octavia Hill Walk around Hydon's Ball and Heath, Hindhead · Avandra

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Octavia Hill Walk around Hydon's Ball and Heath, Hindhead

Loop Walk · Surrey

150

XP

about 39 min walking

Easy

2.47 km

Loop

01:00

Graded from its length and climb.

A relaxing circular walk through shady woodland & across open heathland. Sandy soil makes it ideal for families in all seasons. Hydon's Ball is within the Surrey Hills AONB & is a memorial to National Trust co-founder, Octavia Hill, who died in 1912.

214 m

164 m

114 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

52 m

Drop

75 m

Highest

179 m

Lowest

126 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 2.1–2.8, from 171 m to 126 m.

How the 2.8 km splits

Flat

0.4 km

Climbing

1.0 km

Descending

1.4 km

Link it with other walks

Winkworth to Oakhurst Wonder Walk, Winkworth

Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 1.6, 1.8…

5.9 km

Campsites near the start

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4.3 km from the start · 4.7★ (3)

Care Ashore Campsite on the Springbok Estate

7.5 km from the start · 4.6★ (82)

Chantry Wood Campsite

9.2 km from the start · 4.2★ (23)

Pioneer II

10.2 km from the start