Ashtead Common

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

4.4 km S

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

5.2 km W

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

5.9 km NW

Sweeping chalk viewpoint over the Weald.

6.9 km S

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

8.3 km W

Henry VIII's Thames-side palace, with Wren's baroque wing and the maze.

8.5 km N