Park
Horsell Common
13 locals recommend
Location
A245
Woking, England
Tips from locals
Woodland and wetland walks. Site of the Horsell Sand Pits were HG Wells has his martian invaders land in his famous Sci-Fi novel 'The War of the Worlds'
Popular with walkers and cyclists. Mentioned in HG Wells novel 'The War of The Worlds' as the location of the Martian landings.
Horsell Common is a 355-hectare open space in Horsell, near Woking in Surrey. It is owned and managed by the Horsell Common Preservation Society. An area of 152 hectares is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.