Leatherhead

Worth seeing in and around Leatherhead

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.

1. 01
   Box 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.

   4.7 km · hill in Surrey, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Polesden Lacey

   Polesden Lacey is an Edwardian house and estate, located on the North Downs at Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, England. It is owned and run by the National Trust and is one of the Trust's most popular properties.

   5.2 km · country house in Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead

   The Church of Our Lady and St Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Leatherhead, Surrey. It was founded as a local chapel during the First World War and later became a Parish church.

   600 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas, Leatherhead

   The Church of St Mary & St Nicholas is an Anglican parish church in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Dating originally to around the 11th century, it remains a place of worship to this day.

   300 m · church in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Norbury Park

   Norbury Park is an area of mixed wooded and agricultural land surrounding a privately owned Georgian manor house near Leatherhead and Dorking, Surrey. On the west bank of the River Mole, it is close to the village of Mickleham.

   3.2 km · park in Mickleham, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary, Stoke d'Abernon

   The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in the village of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. The church, the oldest parts of which date from the 7th century, is a Grade I listed building.

   4.2 km · church in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St. Mary, Fetcham

   St Mary's Church, Fetcham, Surrey, England is a Church of England parish church but also refers to its building which dates to the 11th century, that of the Norman Conquest and as such is the settlement's oldest building. It is set off the residential road of its address, The Ridgeway, behind a small park, in the suburban part of the largely 20th century railway settlement adjoining the M25 London Orbital Motorway which has retained farmed rural outskirts.

   1.8 km · church in Mole Valley, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

   Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath is a 1,130.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Camberley and Woking in Surrey, England. Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area and the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham Special Area of Conservation.

   4.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Fetcham Park House

   Fetcham Park House is a Queen Anne mansion designed by the English architect William Talman with internal murals by the renowned artist Louis Laguerre and grounds originally landscaped by George London. It is located in the parish of Fetcham near Leatherhead in Surrey.

   1.8 km · house in Mole Valley, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    River Mole LNR

    River Mole LNR is a 23.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Leatherhead in Surrey. It is owned by private landowners and managed by the Environment Agency, Mole Valley District Council, Lower Mole Countryside Project, Leatherhead Trust, Surrey County Council and private landowners.

    700 m · park · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Leatherhead Museum

   T Fri 1-4PM Sat 10Am-4PM (Closed Sun-Wed).

From Wikivoyage: Leatherhead, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Mole Gap Trail
2. 02
   Surrey Society of Model Engineers

   Mill Ln, Fetcham, Leatherhead KT22 9AA, enquiries@ssme.co.uk.

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Getting to Leatherhead

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 19 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 22 km · London Luton (LTN), 65 km

Stations

Box Hill & Westhumble railway station, 4.6 km · Oxshott railway station, 5.1 km · Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon railway station, 4.9 km · Leatherhead railway station, 500 m · Bookham railway station, 3.9 km

• Luton, Luton → Leatherhead

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £8–10
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• London, Essex → Leatherhead

  28 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £3–4
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Leatherhead

  170 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £20–26
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