View from White Downs Pillbox – Whitedown Tree Roots loop from St Teresa's School
View from White Downs Pillbox – Whitedown Tree Roots loop from St Teresa's School
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View from White Downs Pillbox – Whitedown Tree Roots loop from St Teresa's School
01:00
8.35km
170m
Running
Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: July 10, 2026
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Start point
Parking
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1.00 km
View of Surrey Hills from the Pillbox
Highlight • Historical Site
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1.01 km
View from White Downs Pillbox
Highlight • Viewpoint
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1.22 km
View of Surrey Hills
Highlight • Viewpoint
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1.52 km
Whitedown Tree Roots
Highlight • Forest
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2.18 km
Yellow House by the Lake, Surrey Hills
Highlight • Viewpoint
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2.83 km
St John the Evangelist Church, Wotton
Highlight • Historical Site
The main roofs are of Horsham stone slates, whilst the porch which was built in 1857 to replace a previous timber porch, and the vestry to the south of the chancel, also mid 19th century, are covered with plain tiles. The bellcote has timber shingle tiles and a lead covered spike finial.
The inner south doorway was inserted in the 11th-century nave wall during the late 12th or early 13th century. The arch is constructed of alternating green firestone and clunch (chalky limestone rock) and is famous for the minutely carved heads on the inner order (lower ring of stones). The lowest carving on either side are modern repairs, whilst the other six are original and, from the second-lowest on the left going clockwise, represent a pilgrim, queen, nobleman, priest, king, and pope.
The high chancel arch dates from the mid-19th-century and was built to replace the smaller original 13th-century arch. The chancel and adjoining Lady Chapel also built in the mid-19th-century. The east windows were also updated at that time and replaced the three original lancets.
The Lady Chapel became the Evelyn Chapel in the late 16th century. It contains some interesting Evelyn family monuments, and a marble font probably dating from the early 17th century and used for the baptism of John Evelyn (1620 – 1706) a celebrated English writer, gardener, and diarist who was born in Wotton.
The Wotton churchyard wall contains low openings that were to allow access for sheep to graze the churchyard, a traditional practice in sheep farming areas such as the Downs. The absence of Yew trees (poisonous to livestock) in this churchyard seems to support this assumption.
wealdanddownlandchurches.co.uk/wotton-church
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5.75 km
Viewpoint on Ranmore Common
Highlight • Viewpoint
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5.76 km
Bench With a View of Surrey Hills
Highlight • Viewpoint
8.35 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.72 km
2.54 km
665 m
357 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
6.87 km
570 m
439 m
215 m
181 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (220 m)
Lowest point (90 m)
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Thursday 27 August
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13°C
67 %
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