Walking the Reigate Mills and Pillboxes Trail
View from Galley Hill Windmill
Start / Finish: The Black Horse Pub, 93 West St, Reigate, RH2 9JZ
Distance: 7.3 km (4.5 miles) … although the Explore Surrey PDF has it at 6.5 km
Elevation Change: +/- 71m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Greensand Way
OS Trig Pillar: TP5633 - Reigate Heath
Cafe / pub on route: Black Horse Pub (at start and end) / Skimmington Castle Pub (at 6.2 km in)
Map: OS Explorer Map (146) Dorking, Box Hill and Reigate
Links: Explore Surrey - Reigate Mills and Pillboxes, Reigate, Reigate Heath
The Mills and Pillboxes Trail is an easy, scenic walk around Reigate Heath, Shag Brook and the River Mole. This was our latest walk in the Explore Surrey series whose website is a rich source of information about getting out and about in the county. It was our 5th of their walks and was a nice way to escape the house during the COVID-19 lockdown whilst socially distancing.
As with all of their routes, their PDFs have all the details so I won’t cover them again here. The only additional thing to note is that the PDF guide starts and end the walk at the Black Horse Pub. If you’re driving there’s alternative car parking at Flanchford Road Car Park which will reduce the length of the walk by approx 1 km.
At the Galley Hill Windmill you can also bag the Reigate Heath Trig Pillar. It's on the North Side of the windmill near a bench. There's lots of bracken around it but it was easy to spot and access when we were there.
