Chinthurst Hill
Type of course: Permanent Terrain type: Woodland
Overview
Guildford Orienteers with support from Surrey County Council maintains a permanent orienteering course at Chinthurst Hill GU2 0QH, parking off of the B2128, between Shalford and Wonersh Common, Surrey. It was launched in September 2024
Location Info
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Near: Guildford Lat,Lng: 51.2068,-0.5495 Postcode: GU5 0PR
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Directions / Parking
Large car park off Kings Road, Wonersh Common, Guildford GU5 0PR
Courses available
Easy, Line course, , controls
Harder, Line course, , 5 controls
All, Score course, , 16 controls
Star, Scatter course, , 7 controls
Loops, Line course, , 7 controls
General Info
Chinthurst Hill is a beautiful 17.2-hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Guildford in the Surrey Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). There are great views from the top of the hill. It has woodland and open grassland The bracken on south part of the hill gets high in the summer and we suggest avoiding it. The hill is owned and managed by Surrey County Council. You can see more information on their website here.
The Tower is a Grade II Scheduled Monument.
The area is particularly suited to beginners and families.
We suggest beginners stay on footpaths and try 2 different courses. The first one is control sites 1 through to 5 in order and then finish. The second one is control sites 6 through to 10 in order and then finish. If you would like a more challenging course, you could do all 10 controls in any order.
Beginners could also do star courses from the tower at the top of the hill, using controls 2,3, 4,5,7,9 and 10, or loops from the tower such as controls 8, 10, 2 and 3 or 5, 7, 10 and 8.
Map packs are available GO via email, or you can download and print a detailed map with instructions FREE from the GO Orienteering website. This gives you the location of 10 Orienteering Controls.
Other Things to do in the Area
There are picnic tables and a natural play area adjacent to the car park. Follow the signed footpath ~200m to the start of the orienteering course.
The Downs Link national trail goes through the car park.
The nearby villages of Shalford and Wonersh have a cafe and pub respectively.