St Joseph’s Church is an historic building in Surrey and the ‘Surrey Church Preservation Society’ was set up to help preserve such places of worship.
Saturday 12 September 2026 is St Joseph's Ride & Stride Day – a fundraising event and a fun and interesting way to raise money for St.Joseph’s and other Churches in Surrey. All the money we raise goes to the Surrey Churches Preservation Trust and half of it is then returned to St Joseph's for the upkeep of our Church. Please support this event.
Sponsorship forms to ride or stride are available at the Church entrances, so you can join the fun with a sponsored walk/cycle around our local churches to raise funds for Surrey Churches Preservation Trust.
We will need volunteers to be available to assist with water supplies and showing people where the ‘facilities’ are as they ride or stride from Church to Church.
THE WALKS - To begin at 10am
Countryside (longer) walk, led by Louise Chenery, seasoned leader of A and B annual pilgrimage walks. Distance: approximately 8 miles. Time: approximately 4 hours. From St. Joseph's, up steeply to St. Barnabas, Ranmore, then down into the valley towards St. John the Evangelist, Wotton. Pause for refreshment at The Wotton Hatch pub. From there, onward to Holy Trinity, Westcott, and across the Nower back to St. Joseph's. This walk requires good footwear and is for regular walkers.
Town, shorter and mainly level walk, led by Hazel Fitz-Gibbon. Distance approximately 4 miles return.
Time: 2 1/2 -3 hours, with stop for picnic lunch.
From St. Joseph’s into Dorking to the Friends' Meeting House opposite Waitrose. From there down Junction Road, calling briefly at the Crossways Baptist church. Across West St. to visit URC, before visiting St. Martin's. From St. Martin's along meadow Bank, across A24 to station, taking the footpath under the railway to Pixham, St. Mary. Picnic on the Pixham recreation ground before returning via the former watermill (public path through private garden) to Dorking and St. Joseph's. Everyone welcome and we hope for the opportunity to have a chat to members of the other churches.