Silent Pool
This tranquil lake in the North Downs has a pleasant circular walkway and surrounding woodland trails. You can start your walk from the parking area just off the A25, a few miles east of Guildford.
The pool is a popular destination with an eerie stillness and folklore tales. It is said King John on his horse abducted a woodcutter's daughter who was forced into the deep water and drowned.
If you'd like to extend your walk you can follow the woodland trail north from the pool and link up with the North Downs Way. You could then continue to the nearby Newlands Corner. Albury Park is also nearby and is also great for walking.
The Fox Way long distance circular trail visits the Albury Estate and the Silent Pool. It will take you on a tour of the countryside, woodland and canals surrounding Guildford.
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Silent Pool, near Shere. A spring line pool at the foot of the North Downs. It gets its name supposedly from the murder here of a young girl by King John. Since then, no birds are said to sing here. The pool has only dried out once due to drought in the last 30 years at least. The building is a thatched boathouse.
The Boxwood from Silent Pool. North Downs scarp slope, with large expanses of harvested cereal fields, rising to the wooded heights. The Downs rise here from some 80 to 220 metres amsl.
Silent Pool Vegetation. Bright green growth on the floor of the Silent Pool is easily seen through the clear water. The pool is about 3 feet deep here and lies on the chalky North Downs spring line.
Sherbourne Pond. This small pond lies just to the south of the Pool.
Albury Downs, just north of the pool. Immediately north-west of Sherbourne Farm, looking over harvested cereal field towards The Boxwood and the wooded crest of the North Downs.
North Downs Way, Clandon Wood. A view of the woodland north of the site.