Reigate
Reigate is a town in Surrey, England, around 19 miles (30 km) south of central London.

Reigate is a town in Surrey, England, around 19 miles (30 km) south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as Cherchefelle and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for human activity is from the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and during the Roman period, tile-making took place to the north-east of the modern centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Reigate
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.
- 01Colley Hill
Colley Hill is part of the North Downs escarpment in the North Downs, Surrey, England. It is about 1 km east of Buckland Hills and 1 km west of Reigate Hill, all of which form part of the same escarpment.
2.3 km · hill in Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02East Surrey College
East Surrey College is a general further education college in the north of the town of Redhill, Surrey, England. As of 2014, the college has over 2,500 classroom-based students and 1,000 community learners.
3.5 km · Further education college in Redhill, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 03Hartsfield 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.
4.1 km · early Victorian house of historical significance located in Betchworth, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 04Reigate Castle
Reigate Castle is a former castle in the town of Reigate in the county of Surrey, England. None of the castle buildings survive today, but a cave below the site, considered to be part of the castle, still exists.
200 m · castle in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Earlswood Common
Earlswood Common is an 89.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Redhill in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.
2.3 km · park · Wikipedia - 06St John's, Redhill
St John's is a hamlet on the fringes of Redhill, Surrey, England. The small elevated residential community occupies a conservation area encircled by Earlswood and the wooded Redhill Common, which is connected along two low to mid rise streets with typically woodland-style gardens to Reigate.
2.2 km · church in Redhill, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Reigate Priory
Reigate Priory is a Grade I listed building in Reigate, Surrey, England. It was founded in the first half of the 13th century as an Augustinian priory.
200 m · Grade I listed house in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Andrew's Church
The Church of St Andrew, Gatton is a Church of England church in Gatton, near Reigate in Surrey, England. It is a Grade I listed.
3.5 km · church in Gatton, Surrey, England, UK · 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.
4.8 km · lake in Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Betchworth 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.
4.5 km · park · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Reigate Castle
2 High St, Reigate RH2 9PU (north of High Street).
- 02Reigate Caves
Open 5 times a year.
- 03Barrons Cave
RH2 9AY.
- 04Tunnel Caves
Tunnel Rd, RH2 0JY.
- 05Reigate Fort
Fort Lane, Margery Hall, RH2 9RN.
- 06Inglis Memorial
Reigate Hill Path, KT20 7BA.
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Things to do
- 01The Surrey Hills Adventure Company
Park Drive, Betchworth RH3 7FE,.
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Where to eat
- 01Buenos Aires Argentine Steakhouse
2-4 London Rd, RH2 9AN,.
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Getting to Reigate
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 10 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 31 km · London Luton (LTN), 72 km
- Stations
- Redhill Aerodrome, 5.4 km · Redhill railway station, 2.8 km · Nutfield railway station, 5.2 km · Betchworth railway station, 4.4 km · Salfords railway station, 5 km
- Luton, Luton → Reigate73 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Reigate31 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £3–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Reigate181 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £21–27
- 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 Reigate
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 Reigate. 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 Reigate
Reigate is 31 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Redhilltown in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England2.3 km
- Reigate and Bansteadlocal government district with borough status in Surrey, England3.5 km
- Brockhamvillage and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England5.6 km
- Betchworthvillage and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England4.2 km
- Bucklandvillage and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England, UK3.5 km
- Nutfieldvillage and civil parish in Surrey, United Kingdom5.1 km