Walking the River Wey Part 6: Newark Lane and Send
Reflections in the Wey
Start & Finish: Newark Lane Car Park, Ripley, Woking, GU23 7ES
Distance: 9.7 km (6 miles)
Elevation Change: +/- 39m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other Routes Touched (walk): Wey Navigation Footpath, The Fox Way
Other Routes Touched (cycle): Surrey Cycleway
Cafe / pubs on route: The New Inn, Send (3.1 km in) and The Seven Stars (9.3 km in)
Map: Guildford & Farnham Map | Godalming & Farnborough | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 145
Links: Wey Navigation, River Wey, River Wey and Godalming Navigations (National Trust), Send
This is the fifth of a series of short circular walks along the River Wey and the Wey Navigation canal in Surrey. The guidance below will help you navigate but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide. Always take a map and/or a GPX route and prepare well for the weather and terrain.
This section starts at Newark Lane Car Park where there’s enough (free) parking for around 10 cars. It was very rutted with large water-filled holes when we were there so be careful if you have a car with low clearance. This route is a narrow circular taking in more of the Wey Navigation than other sections. The actual River Wey and the Broadmead Cut, another channel, split off on the northern bank at ~750m into the route and rejoin at 3.5 km in.
At 3.1 km into the route you’ll cross over Send Road to the south eastern side of the navigation. Here’s a good place to stop for a rest at The New Inn, the only pub on the route until you reach The Seven Stars near the end point. After the new Inn continue south along the navigation to a bridge at 4.7 km. Here you’ll leave The Fox Way as it crosses the bridge heading west. Instead, hop over the style and follow a path across marshland to another bridge. It was extremely wet and boggy when we were there so be sure to wear waterproof boots if it has recently rained. Cross over the bridge and follow the northern bank of The Wey to St Mary The Virgin Church.
From the church follow Church Lane as it curves to the north, cross over Potter Lane and continue north up Send Hill. Shortly after the junction with Winds Ridge road take a footpath on the left to follow it onto Farm Lane. Take a right onto Sandy Lane, cross over Send Road and follow Tannery Lane onto Peppercourt Lane until the junction with Newark Lane. Take a left onto Newark Lane to follow it back to the car park.
Previous section (north): Walking the River Wey Part 5: Canons and Cornmills
Next section (south): Walking the River Wey Part 7: Worpleston to Guildford (blog post coming in Spring 2025)