Farnham Park

It has an impressive tree avenue over 1km long (see main photo) and is managed partly for its wildlife and partly for its amenity value.

Park facilities

Waverley's Countryside Section manages most of the site for its wildlife value, but the southern end of the park is managed as a recreation area and offers:

• a large adventure playground
• a toddlers play area
• a cycleway
• limited access for wheelchairs
• cafe
• toilets
• golf course
• cricket club
• two football pitches, which are available to hire during the playing season

Where is Farnham Park?

The southern end of the Park lies about 300 metres north of Farnham Castle Street, an easy but hilly walk. Farnham is well served by buses and trains.

If you are driving, the main car park (SU 838475) is situated off Folly Hill (A 287) between Farnham and Upper Hale.

What does Farnham Park offer? 

Farnham Park offers a wide selection of amenities including:

open grassland with parkland trees

woodland and various ponds and streams

formal avenue of trees including a number of important veteran (or ancient) trees.

Park management

Some of the open grassy areas are managed using conservation grazing by cattle, and, at the southern end, an area of chalk grassland is responding well to annual hay cuts.

The northern end consists of the more typical open landscape associated with deer parks, whilst much of the southern end is more formal. The southern end includes a large adventure playground and a toddlers' play area, which, together with two football pitches, are managed by the Parks and Landscape section.

Hire a football pitch

The football pitches are available for hire during the playing season, please contact:

waverleysportsbookings@glendale-services.co.uk

Site designation

• Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI)
• Grade 2 Historic Park and Garden (English Heritage designation)
• Local Nature Reserve (LNR)

Find out more

The Park Office has new interpretation boards along the external wall, these have lots of information about the Park and a time line telling you about the Park from the point of view of one of the veteran oak trees!  Other smaller information boards have been placed at all the main entrances to the Park.  Finally, you can pick up one of three new leaflets at the Park Office, or download them from this site.

• Download the Farnham Park General Leaflet
• Download the Farnham Park Wildlife Leaflet
• Download the Farnham Park History Leaflet
• Or find out what's new in Farnham Park
  

Volunteering

The Farnham Park Volunteers assist the Ranger with a variety of countryside management tasks across the year.   They meet at 10.00hrs on Wednesday mornings throughout the year, and normally on the last Sunday of each month.   To find out more, please look at  the Farnham Park monthly volunteer diary, available as a download.  Details of other tasks across the borough are also available as a download linked to our Waverley Countryside Volunteers pages. 

Friends of Farnham Park

Many of our volunters are also members of the separate Friends of Farnham Park group. The Friends of Farnham Park welcome anyone who wants to be informed and involved in the Park. Find out more on their own Friends of Farnham Park website.  

Site Ranger

Robin Crowther is the  Site Ranger, responsible for management of the Park (Tel: 01252 717047).  He is at the Ranger's office, off Folly Hill, where more more information about the Park can be found.

Page owner: Nick Baxter. Last updated: 30/03/2012 11:40