Betchworth
Betchworth is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England.

Betchworth is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. The village centre is on the north bank of the River Mole and south of the A25 road, almost 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Dorking and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Reigate. London is 19.5 miles (31.4 km) north of the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Betchworth
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Box Hill
Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately 31 km south-west of London. It is named after the ancient box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole.
3.8 km · hill in Surrey, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Betchworth Castle
Betchworth Castle is a ruined medieval fortified manor house in the north of the semi-rural parish of Brockham, Surrey, England. It is built on a sandstone spur overlooking the western bank of the River Mole.
2.2 km · castle in Brockham, Mole Valley, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Dorking Cockerel
The Dorking Cockerel is a sculpture on Deepdene roundabout in Dorking, Surrey, England. It depicts a male Dorking chicken, which were historically an important part of the town's economy.
3.9 km · public sculpture in Dorking, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 04Hartsfield Manor
Hartsfield Manor is an early Victorian house of historical significance located in Betchworth, Surrey, England. It was built in the 1860s as a private residence and served this purpose for several notable people until World War II. After this it became a hotel and then a training centre.
500 m · early Victorian house of historical significance located in Betchworth, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 05Betchworth Quarry and Lime Kilns
Betchworth Quarry and Lime Kilns is a 27-hectare nature reserve north of Betchworth in Surrey. Betchworth Quarry only is managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust.
2.9 km · park · Wikipedia - 06Brockham Limeworks
Brockham Limeworks is a 45-hectare nature reserve north of Brockham in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council.
1.8 km · park · Wikipedia - 07Deepdene Terrace
Deepdene Terrace is a 4-hectare nature reserve south-east of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3.6 km · park · Wikipedia - 08Fraser Down
Fraser Down is a 10-hectare nature reserve north of Betchworth in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3 km · park · Wikipedia
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Getting to Betchworth
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 11 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 72 km
- Stations
- Betchworth railway station, 1.7 km
- Luton, Luton → Betchworth73 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Betchworth32 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £3–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Betchworth178 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Betchworth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Betchworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextRoad/rail links to Oxford (with organised day trips to Blenheim Palace or Henley on Thames) and Salisbury (with organised day trips to the Stonehenge museum) are good.
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Next door to Betchworth
Betchworth is 32 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.