Woodham Common

  • Free parking (2m height restriction)
  • Parking bays for disabled visitors
  • Bins
  • Benches
  • Surfaced paths
  • Shady woodland walk
  • Historical interest
  • 1.2km circular surfaced walk on Bedser Trail
  • Links to longer walks along the Basingstoke Canal
See route…

 

 

Where you’ll find it…

Find the free car park on Monument Road, Woking, nearest postcode GU21 5LU. 200m south of Six Crossroads Roundabout. Grid reference TQ 01472 60130. What3Words: supply.poker.fend. Max stay 2 hours.

N.B. We’ve given the nearest postcode, but recommend using the links to look up the exact location. The centre of a postcode may be up to half a mile from your destination.

What you’ll find there…

The Bedser Trail is a lovely 1.2km, surfaced, easy-access trail through attractive woodland and heathland. Named after and dedicated to the memory of Woking’s legendary cricketing heroes, Sir Alec Bedser CBE and his brother Eric Bedser.

Fancy a longer walk? You can explore the common on unsurfaced paths that extend beyond the Bedser Trail and even take in a section of the Basingstoke Canal towpath. If you take the towpath west, just over 1km into Woking town centre, you’ll reach the statues of the famous Bedser twins overlooking the canal near the World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Centre.

As you explore Woodham Common, look out for three Bronze Age burial mounds built around 4000 years ago. The best preserved can be seen from the Bedser Trail, near the boardwalk.

On the opposite side of Monument Road, you can take a moment of quiet reflection at the wonderfully tranquil Peace Garden. A memorial to the Muslim soldiers of the army of Undivided India, who fought alongside the British Army in two world wars.

And if you hop across the Chertsey Road you’ll find yourself in a landscaped area with an extensive network of paths, ponds and boardwalks. This is an extension to Woodham Common, known locally as Wheatsheaf Common. It’s been designed to alleviate local flooding. It’s not an official part of this directory yet, but it’s open and ready for use and is something a little bit different.

Gallery…

Photo looking through pine and Sweet Chestnut trees. Shadows create patterns on the path.
Woodham Common, August 2024
Photo of shady woodland.
Woodham Common, August 2024
Photo looking from the shade of pine trees out to open heath.
Woodham Common, August 2024
Photo of heathland, with the purple heather popping up around the bright green of the Silver Birch trees.
Woodham Common, August 2024
Photo of purple heathland. A boardwalk path goes along the edge and there is a bench in the shade.
Woodham Common, August 2024
Photo taken in summer when the trees are nice and green. View looks out from the shade into the sunshine.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024

Photo of a scene at Wheatsheaf Common, a boardwalk crosses a large pond. A few people have congregated there.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024
Photo of a path leading into the shade of the trees.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024
Path through open woodland, beside a pond.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024
Photo of a well-constructed surfaced path through pine trees.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024
Photo taken looking along a boardwalk across a lake. Bright summer colours.
Woodham Common extension, August 2024
Photo of an open park area with a good, surfaced path. Newly planted saplings in the foreground, and tall trees in the distance.
Woodham Common extension, March 2023

Photo of a wooden board walk along the edge of an open 'common'. Birch trees along the edge of the walk.
Woodham Common, March 2023
Photo of a nice path through pine trees, the ground is dry and covered with pine needles and pine cones.
Woodham Common, March 2023
Photo of a long section of boardwalk that snakes across a wide pond.
Woodham Common extension, April 2023
Photo of a traffic island! A safe crossing point for pedestrains.
Crossing on the Chertsey Road, from Woodham Common to the extension, April 2023
Photo of a section of boardwalk across a large pond, and in the distance is another section of boardwalk across the same pond.
Woodham Common extension, April 2023
Photo of the entrance to the Peace Garden, with its ornate brick enclosing wall and wooden gates that go through an ornate archway with domed roof above.
Entrance to the Peace Garden, April 2023

Photo looking across heathland, through trees to a view of the Peace Garden.
View from the Bedser Trail to the Peace Garden, April 2023
Photo of a boardwalk through woodland in autumn.
Woodham Common, November 2022
Photo of a path through woodland in autumn.
Woodham Common, November 2022
Photo of woodland in autumn.
Woodham Common, November 2022
Photo of sunlight coming through the trees in early autumn.
Woodham Common, October 2022

 

This ‘Greenspace on your doorstep’ is managed by…

Horsell Common Preservation Society

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