Photo: Gibbet Hill, a viewpoint near Haslemere, Surrey, south east England. — © Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Gibbet Hill rises above the Devil’s Punch Bowl at 272m, the second-highest point in Surrey after Leith Hill. Its Sailor’s Stone marks the 1786 murder of a sailor on the Portsmouth road, whose three killers were hanged on the summit. Open National Trust heath, free to walk, with a wide view north. Haslemere station is about 3km south.

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