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At the end of the meadow enter more woodland to slope gently downhill. After a while cross a track and continue ahead. The path eventually swings right then left, and descends as a sunken pathway between steep banks of bluebells in springtime, and where foxgloves stand sentry-like in summer. The path spills onto a very narrow lane. Turn left, and in a few paces bear right opposite a red-brick bungalow. Cross a minor stream which (unseen) flows south into a series of ponds, and rise up a slope on an eroded, sandy path among trees to Puttenham Common. Towards the head of the slope honeysuckle and dog roses flank the path and, on warm summer days, fill the air with perfume.

Puttenham is the only village on the route between Farnham and Guildford

Where the path forks on the crown of the hill, take the left-hand option through bracken. This eventually curves left below a house and becomes a sunken path among more foxgloves, and with enticing views left towards the Hog's Back before coming to the head of a drive by a house. Continue directly ahead on a track which feeds onto a narrow lane, and follow this down to Puttenham, which you enter in The Street.