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Photo of RHS Garden Wisley, a garden in Surrey, south east England.

RHS Garden Wisley© Mark / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Places to explore near Effingham Junction StationEffingham Junction

55 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Surrey Hills, a National Landscape in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Surrey Hills

National Landscape near Coldharbour

Wooded ridges and heathy commons an hour from London, with gentle hills and paths made for an easy day out

3.4 km S

Photo of St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon, a church in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon

Church near Stoke d'Abernon

Ancient Mole-side church holding what is often called England's oldest monumental brass, to Sir John d'Abernon of 1277.

3.7 km NE

Photo of Painshill, a garden near Cobham, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Painshill

Garden near Cobham

Restored 18th-century landscape garden of follies, a crystal grotto and a serpentine lake set out by Charles Hamilton.

4.2 km N

Photo of RHS Garden Wisley, a garden in Surrey, south east England.Iconic

RHS Garden Wisley

Garden near Wisley

The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden, its trial fields, glasshouse and mixed borders spread across 240 acres by the Wey.

4.5 km NW

Photo of Hatchlands Park, a garden near East Clandon, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Hatchlands Park

Garden near East Clandon

Georgian house in a Repton park east of Guildford, with a bluebell wood, walled garden and parkland walks.

5.2 km SW

Photo of Polesden Lacey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Polesden Lacey

House & garden near Mickleham

Edwardian villa with sweeping Downs views.

5.3 km SE

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

6.6 km S · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Box Hill Country Park, a country park near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.Iconic

Box Hill Country Park

Country park near Mickleham

Sweeping chalk viewpoint over the Weald.

7.7 km SE

Photo of Denbies Wine Estate, a vineyard near Dorking, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Denbies Wine Estate

Vineyard near Dorking

One of England's largest single-estate vineyards, its vines sweeping over the chalk slopes just outside Dorking.

7.8 km SE

Photo of Claremont Landscape Garden, a garden near Esher, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Claremont Landscape Garden

Garden near Esher

Early English landscape garden with a grass amphitheatre, lake and island pavilion, worked on by Vanbrugh, Bridgeman, Kent and Brown.

7.9 km N

Photo of Silent Pool, a pool near Shere, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Silent Pool

Pool near Shere

Clear spring-fed pool below the North Downs at Albury, its still green water wrapped in legend and box woodland.

8.4 km SW

Photo of St James' Church, Shere, a church in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

St James' Church, Shere

Church near Shere

Grade I Norman church at the centre of Shere, keeping the cell of a medieval anchoress built into its north wall.

8.6 km S

Photo of Shere, a village in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Shere

Village

Surrey Hills village on the Tillingbourne, its ford and timbered cottages so picture-book they stand in for storybook England on film.

8.6 km SW · Surrey

Photo: Newlands Corner, a viewpoint near Albury, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Newlands Corner

Viewpoint near Albury

Popular chalk-down viewpoint on the North Downs east of Guildford, with grassland and beech hangers over the Tillingbourne valley.

8.9 km SW

Photo of The Deepdene Trail, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Dorking, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

The Deepdene Trail

House & garden near Dorking

Thomas Hope's early-1800s pleasure ground above Dorking, restored as a free walking trail with a mausoleum.

9.9 km SE

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Photo of Bookham Commons, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.

Bookham Commons

SSSI near Mickleham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey.

1.7 km E

Photo of Cedar House, a house & garden near Ripley, Surrey, south east England.

Cedar House

House & garden near Ripley

A National Trust place in Surrey.

4.1 km N

Photo of the River Wey & Godalming Navigations, a river navigation running from Godalming to Weybridge, south east England.

River Wey & Godalming Navigations

River navigation

Surrey's seventeenth-century navigation, in the National Trust's care, from the Thames at Weybridge up to Godalming.

4.7 km NW · Surrey

Photo of The Homewood, a house & garden near Ripley, Surrey, south east England.

The Homewood

House & garden near Ripley

A National Trust place in Surrey.

6.8 km N

Photo of Little Kings Wood, a nature reserve near Gomshall, Surrey, south east England.

Little Kings Wood

Nature reserve near Gomshall

A National Trust place in Surrey.

6.9 km S

Photo of West Humble, a country estate near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.

West Humble

Country estate near Mickleham

A National Trust place in Surrey.

6.9 km SE

Photo of Denbies Hillside, a country estate near Dorking, Surrey, south east England.

Denbies Hillside

Country estate near Dorking

A National Trust place in Surrey.

7 km SE

Photo of The Running Horses, a pub near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.

The Running Horses

Pub near Mickleham

Old coaching inn facing Mickleham church in the Mole gap, a dining pub at the foot of Box Hill.

7.2 km E

Mickleham

Village

Downland village in the Mole gap below Box Hill, with a Norman church and old coaching inns on the Dorking road.

7.4 km E · Surrey

Everything else within 10 km (31) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.