Weir Wood Circular

Around Weir Wood Reservoir - 8 Miles

We chose this walk because the weather was going to be blisteringly hot and we needed a walk that we could complete in about 3 hours without being baked and generally this trail did the trick. The outward half was mostly in woods so was cooler but the disappointing thing was that whilst we were effectively walking around the circumference of the reservoir the path never actually met it and at times we were hard pressed to see the water at all!

We parked up at Forest Row and the first section took us along the old railway line which we have walked on several occasions. We then branched left and came past the remains of "Brambletye House", built in 1631 but was left to fall into ruin within 100 years.

Generally this was a pleasant walk on well made-up paths and in the 31 deg heat we certainly didn't want to walk for longer. There was no pub on the path so once we returned back to Forest Row we drove down to an old favourite watering hole, "The Anchor" at Hartfield for a couple of rounds of refreshment.