Caterham
Caterham is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England.
Caterham is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valley but rises to equal heights to the south. The town lies close to the A22, 21 miles from Guildford and 6 miles south of Croydon, in an upper valley cleft into the dip slope of the North Downs. Caterham on the Hill is above the valley to the west.
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Worth seeing in and around Caterham
10 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.
- 01Bletchingley Castle
Bletchingley Castle is a ruined castle and set of earthworks partly occupied by three buildings. The Scheduled Ancient Monument is directly beside the Greensand Way below it to the south in the village of Bletchingley in Surrey.
4.9 km · castle in Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All Saints Church, Oxted
All Saints Church is a Catholic parish church in Oxted, Surrey. Building work on the church started in 1913 and was delayed by World War I. Aspects of the church interior were designed by Geoffrey Webb.
5.8 km · grade II listed church in Oxted, Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Peter and St Paul
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Chaldon, Surrey, is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Southwark. The building was begun before 1086 and is Grade I listed.
3.1 km · church at Chaldon, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Sacred Heart Church, Caterham
Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Caterham, Surrey, England designed by Ingress Bell and built in 1881. It is situated between Essendene Road and Whyteleafe Road off the High Street.
900 m · grade II listed church in Caterham-on-the-Hill, Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Barrow Green Court
Barrow Green Court is a Grade I listed house near Oxted, Surrey, England. The house was built on land owned by the Hoskins family since 1587, in the early-17th century, with mid-18th century alterations and 20th-century extensions.
4.6 km · Grade I listed building in Tandridge, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Happy Valley Park
Happy Valley Park is a public park in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council.
2.9 km · public park in London, England · Wikipedia - 07Dollypers Hill
Dollypers Hill is a 12-hectare nature reserve south east of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
4 km · park · Wikipedia - 08Hill Park, Tatsfield
Hill Park, Tatsfield is a 24.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Tatsfield in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3 km · park · Wikipedia - 09Mercers Lake
Mercers Lake is a body of water in Mercers Park, Merstham, near Redhill, Surrey. It is a former quarry that has been adapted for water sports, such as sailing, kayaking, and paddle boarding.
5.2 km · lake in Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Graeme Hendrey Wood
Graeme Hendrey Wood is a 10-hectare nature reserve east of Bletchingley in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
5.2 km · park · Wikipedia
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Getting to Caterham
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 16 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 34 km · London Luton (LTN), 69 km
- Stations
- Coulsdon South railway station, 5.6 km · Woldingham railway station, 2.3 km · Oxted railway station, 5.9 km · Caterham railway station, 300 m · Coulsdon Town railway station, 5.9 km
- Luton, Luton → Caterham70 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £10–13
- London, Essex → Caterham25 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £2.5–3.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Caterham183 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Caterham
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 Caterham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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Next door to Caterham
Caterham is 26 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Oxtedtown and civil parish in Surrey, England5.8 km
- Godstonevillage in Surrey, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Bletchingleyvillage and civil parish in Surrey, United Kingdom4.6 km
- Whyteleafevillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Tandridgevillage in Surrey, England, UK5.6 km
- Chaldonvillage in Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK3.1 km