A hilly circular walk from Caterham, taking in the ancient and unusual church of St Peter and St Paul at Chaldon, Coulsdon Common and Kenley Aerodrome
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This Norman church contains the oldest known wall paintings in Britain, dating from the 12th century which vividly portray the Ladder of Salvation which souls must climb to reach paradise. http://www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/chaldon-mural. These wall paintings really are as amazing as the website picture shows. The church is supposed to be open daily so we should be able to see murals.
Lunch is at The Fox, which is said to do "Lazy Lunches" starting at £5.50 and starters and puddings can be added to the lunch for an extra £2 per course.
How do I get there?
Catch the 10:36 train from London Bridge which stops at loads of stations including New Cross Gate, Norwood Junction, East Croydon, Purley before finally arriving at Caterham at 11:28 where the walk starts. So get onto that train somewhere along the way.
The walk ends at Whyteleaf station on the same line, so get a cheap day return to Caterham.
Just get on the train and get out at Caterham and find me there. Or else connect onto the train at one of its many stopping points. We plan to be in the second carriage from the end.
NB As mentioned previously, there will be a weather check on the day before the walk and if the weather looks foul, the walk will be rescheduled to Wed or Thursday or whatever. Watch out for the weather check email!
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start__dateTime(3rd November at 10:36am)
end__dateTime(3rd November at 4pm)
