Start & Finish: Free parking opposite the White Horse Pub, The Street, Hascombe, Godalming GU8 4JA
Distance: 10 km (6.2 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 179m
Greensand Way section covered: Hascombe to Gate Street Farm: 3.86km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): None
Other routes touched (cycle): None
Pubs / Cafes on route: White Horse Pub Hascombe, Tea Room at Winkworth Arboretum
Map: Guildford & Farnham Map | Godalming & Farnborough | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 145
Links: Hascombe, Wintershall Partnership, Gate Street Farm, National Trust Winkworth Arboretum

This is the sixth of a series of short circular walks featuring the Greensand Way. The full trail is a long distance path stretching from Haslemere in Surrey to Ham Street in Kent. Our walks take in short sections of the Greensand Way and loop back to the start on other paths. The Greensand Way is well sign posted however you’ll need a map or GPX route to keep on track for the return sections of the loops. The guidance below will help but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.

For this section we parked at a free car park opposite the White Horse pub in Hascombe. This is less than 200m from where section 5 left the Greensand Way and starts you off right on the trail. From the parking spot cross the road and take a left in front of the pub onto Church Road. Follow the Greensand Way for just under 4km until a path junction in the woods north of Gate Street Farm.

At 2.6km into the walk you’ll enter the grounds of the Wintershall Estate and the Rosary Way. This is a short walk lined with carvings depicting the life of Jesus. Walking in this west-east direction, you’ll encounter the end of the story first with the carving of the Transfiguration. To see the full story tracing back to the first carving of the Annunciation you’ll need to take a small diversion from the Greensand Way towards the main building on the estate. Scroll down to see our photos of the carvings.

From the path junction in the woods north of Gate Street Farm take a sharp left onto a westerly path ascending through a field. Continue for just over 1km to Thorncombe Street. Take a left, then first right onto Alldens Hill then the first footpath on the left. Follow this path in a southerly direction until you reach Thorncombe Street again. Continue along Thorncombe Street for ~50m until you reach a path on the right to enter Winkworth Arboretum. This is shortly after the Disabled Car Park entrance.

Entrance to Winkworth Arboretum is free for National Trust Members and charged for non-members. There’s no gate or ticket office on the Thorncombe Street entrance so you’ll need to pay or show your membership pass at the main entrance. From the Thorncombe Street entrance, follow the path at the north end of the lake and up the hill to the main entrance and Tea Room.

When leaving the Arboretum take a left on to a footpath leading to the south parallel to the B2130 Brighton Road. The path will end at the B2130 where you’ll take a right, following the road for 20m to take a left onto an unnamed lane. Be very careful on Brighton Road as there’s no pavement and cars can come quite fast. Make sure you’re seen and cross over to the left hand side before the road curves to the right.

Once on the unnamed road you’ll be on familiar ground as you’ll have covered this section in the opposite direction in section 5. Continue south then east until you meet the Greensand Way again and follow it east until you reach the car park opposite the White Horse pub.