2018

SU8935 : The Road to Restoration

taken 6 years ago, near to Hindhead, Surrey, England

The Road to Restoration
The Road to Restoration
That's the title on the visitor information board at the start of the line of the old A3 which used to run along the edge of the Devil's Punch Bowl just here. You can see it curving round to the left in the distance.
Now replaced by a tunnel, the old road has been dismantled and is now demoted to Bridleway status.
Pictures from a few years ago show it as a wide sandy ride SU8935 : Former A3 Road, Hindhead, Surrey but I have to say we found it very muddy and heavy going, as shown here. Overused and poorly drained, it is in worse condition than a lot of the older tracks on the common, although the views are splendid.

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Geographical Context: Paths other tags: Former Road Used as Path Former Main Road Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · A3 Road [37] · View across the Devil's Punch Bowl [16] · Bridleway [16] · Old A3 Road [13] · Information Board [8] · Edge [7] ·
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Photographer
Des Blenkinsopp   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 30 January, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 5 February, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8910 3571 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:6.8259N 0:43.7098W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8907 3571
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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