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Photo of Leith Hill Tower, a folly near Coldharbour, Surrey, south east England.

Leith Hill Tower© Wayland Smith / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Ockley StationOckley

41 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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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

1.4 km N

Photo of Leith Hill Tower, a folly near Coldharbour, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Leith Hill Tower

Folly near Coldharbour

Gothic folly of 1765 crowning Leith Hill, its turret taking the hill past 1,000 feet for a view said to reach the sea.

3.7 km NW

Photo: Leith Hill, a 294m hill near Coldharbour, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Leith Hill

Marilyn · County top near Coldharbour

Highest point in south-east England, tower-topped.

3.7 km NW

Photo: Holmbury Hill, a viewpoint near Peaslake, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Holmbury Hill

Viewpoint near Peaslake

Greensand summit crowned by an Iron Age hillfort, with a broad southward view over the Weald from a hilltop bench.

6.5 km NW

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

8.2 km SE

Photo: Pitch Hill, a viewpoint near Ewhurst, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Pitch Hill

Viewpoint near Ewhurst

High point of the Hurtwood greensand ridge above Ewhurst, looking south across the Weald from open heath.

8.4 km W

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.

8.6 km N

Photo of Ewhurst Windmill, a windmill in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Ewhurst Windmill

Windmill near Ewhurst

Tapering brick tower mill on the greensand ridge near Pitch Hill, a landmark for walkers though now a private house.

9 km W

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.

9.7 km NW · Kent & Surrey

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Ockley, a village in Surrey, south east England.

Ockley

Village

Village on the Roman Stane Street, set round a long green with an old well, below the wooded slopes of Leith Hill

1.9 km W · Surrey

Photo along the Sussex Border Path, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Emsworth to Rye, south east England.

Sussex Border Path

Long-distance path

Round inland Sussex on the old county boundary from Emsworth to Rye — nearly 150 miles of quiet country for the busy South East.

2.7 km S · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Greensand Way, a 108-mile long-distance path running from Haslemere to Hamstreet, south east England.

Greensand Way

Long-distance path

Along the sandy ridge below the chalk from Haslemere to Hamstreet, through the wooded hills of two protected landscapes to the edge of Romney Marsh.

3.6 km NW · Surrey & Kent

Photo of The Plough Inn (Coldharbour), a pub in Surrey, south east England.

The Plough Inn (Coldharbour)

Pub near Coldharbour

Isolated brewpub high on Leith Hill at Coldharbour, brewing its own ales for walkers off the greensand tracks.

3.9 km N

Photo of Holmwood Common, a country estate near Coldharbour, Surrey, south east England.

Holmwood Common

Country estate near Coldharbour

A National Trust place in Surrey.

5.5 km N

Photo of Mountnoddy Wood, a nature reserve near Crawley, Surrey, south east England.

Mountnoddy Wood

Nature reserve near Crawley

A National Trust place in Surrey.

5.9 km E

Friday Street

Village

Tiny wooded hamlet around a hammer-pond below Leith Hill, reached by narrow lanes and a favourite of walkers on the greensand hills.

6.2 km NW · Surrey

Photo of Warnham LNR, a nature reserve near Ockley, West Sussex, south east England.

Warnham LNR

Nature reserve near Ockley

Local nature reserve around a millpond near Horsham, with hides, reedbed and woodland trails, herons and a well-used visitor centre.

8.2 km S

Photo of Peaslake, a village in Surrey, south east England.

Peaslake

Village

Hill village in the Hurtwood, ringed by pine and heather and long a hub for mountain-biking on the surrounding commons.

8.9 km NW · Surrey

Everything else within 10 km (23) — 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.