In partnership with Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Surrey Hills Society, we wanted to provide the group with the opportunity to buy tickets, navigate apps, and find their way around stations, use information points, and access the countryside.
We also wanted to highlight the launch of a new booklet promoting the rail to ramble routes between stations on the North Downs Line in the Surrey Hills.
The group travelled by train, tickets supplied by GWR, from Camberley to Ash Vale, and from North Camp Station to Chilworth. At the station, line officer Sara Grisewood talked about buying tickets, navigating apps and websites, and finding their way around a station.
It was a very warm day and we walked a short distance from the station to the shadier parts of the Gunpowder Mills for a picnic. The event was part of the Surrey Hills National Landscape Growing Together Project and we also made a walk behind the mills up to Chilworth Vineyard with a view to St Marthas Church above.
The trip benefitted 17 members of the Nepalese community in Camberley, many of whom do not normally access train travel. All reported that they felt more confident using the train and would be happy to travel by train again.
Thank you for a really enjoyable day, it was a unique experience which helped improve knowledge, understanding and confidence.