Friday Street Mill Pond – The Scarecrow Family loop from Holmbury St Mary
Friday Street Mill Pond – The Scarecrow Family loop from Holmbury St Mary
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Friday Street Mill Pond – The Scarecrow Family loop from Holmbury St Mary
02:42
10.0km
130m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 28, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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507 m
Winding Road in Surrey Hills National Landscape
Highlight • Trail
930 m
Friday Street Mill Pond
Highlight • Lake
Tip by
1.28 km
The Scarecrow Family
Highlight • Structure
Tip by
3.15 km
Wotton Hatch Pub
Highlight • Restaurant
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3.48 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
Tip by
5.33 km
Samuel Wilberforce Memorial
Highlight • Religious Site
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5.83 km
Witch's Broom Tree, Abinger Roughs
Highlight • Natural Monument
Tip by
9.18 km
St James' Church, Abinger
Highlight • Religious Site
Tip by
10.0 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.03 km
2.08 km
806 m
678 m
333 m
191 m
Surfaces
3.25 km
2.73 km
2.20 km
1.31 km
497 m
< 100 m
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