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Prettiest place to visit in Surrey?

28 replies

Floofyduffypuddy · 08/02/2023 22:25

Live close to Surrey but never spent any time there, what is there to do? Best villages?

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LIZS · 08/02/2023 22:32

Box Hill, Shere, River Wey, Virginia Water

SheilaFentiman · 08/02/2023 22:35

Gomshall is pretty

FluffyPJs · 08/02/2023 22:35

The devils punch bowl!

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/02/2023 22:38

Chiddingfold is very pretty.

Chihuahuasrule · 08/02/2023 22:39

Crawley

SheilaFentiman · 08/02/2023 22:43

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/02/2023 22:38

Chiddingfold is very pretty.

Ooh, and those gardens just near chiddingfold

OdeToBarney · 08/02/2023 22:48

Chihuahuasrule · 08/02/2023 22:39

Crawley

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Floofyduffypuddy · 09/02/2023 07:33

Thanks are those places close together?

If I stayed in a b and b for a night or two where should I base myself?

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FrenchandSaunders · 09/02/2023 07:34

Crawley is Sussex 🤣

SheilaFentiman · 09/02/2023 07:38

Will you have a car, OP?

Floofyduffypuddy · 09/02/2023 21:35

@SheilaFentiman.. Yes a car

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Whatwouldyouoffer · 09/02/2023 21:51

The Kings Arms and Hotel in Godalming has recently been redone, although I’ve not stayed there. That is near to Chiddingfold which is pretty, but I can’t imagine what you’d actually do there, other than go for a pub lunch or something. (Think they gave the crown inn or the swan which both do rooms.)

Godalming has the river wey. You could rent a narrow boat in the right season.

The Merry Harriers in Hambledon also does rooms.

That general area is central to a lot of the pretty places people have mentioned (shere etc)

if you like Gardens and things, there is Winkworth Arboretum, Ramster Gardens, Vann house (private home but does do garden open days - check for dates) Bluebells/daffodils etc when the time is right for those sorts of things.

Petworth, which is just over the border in Sussex, has a nice little market town feel with a focus on antiques. Plus the NT property for walks and art.

aswellascanbeexpected · 09/02/2023 21:57

Lots of pretty places to visit, some ideas here maybe?
www.visitsurrey.com/explore/the-surrey-hills-aonb

keepaweatheredeye · 09/02/2023 22:02

Ewhurst, Holmbury / Pitch / Leith Hill. Lovely spots. Just outside of Banstead there are some lovely walks too.

1990s · 09/02/2023 22:03

Painshill Park!

cravingmilkshake · 09/02/2023 22:05

Boxhill, shere, gomshall, betchworth, godalming

rainyskylight · 09/02/2023 22:26

The RHS gardens at Wisley are nice. Probably not so much in early Feb.

DesteB · 09/02/2023 22:30

Shere.

LadyWithLapdog · 09/02/2023 22:32

Anywhere in the Surrey Downs. Really lovely. Great but easy walks. You can start with Pitch Hill.

YogaLite · 09/02/2023 22:47

Godalming is very pleasant, some scenes from The Holiday were filmed in Godalming, also in Holmbury. Nice teashop by the stream in Shere.

Pipps80 · 09/02/2023 22:49

Chihuahuasrule · 08/02/2023 22:39

Crawley

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Oodieoodieoodie · 09/02/2023 22:58

Agree with the lovely village suggestions around Leith Hill here 🙂

SlightlyJaded · 09/02/2023 23:13

Shere & The Silent Pool
Richmond - Park and Town

GetOffMyDoorJack · 09/02/2023 23:18

Newlands Corner and Ranmore Common.

IntheSnowySnowyMountains · 09/02/2023 23:40

Coldharbour and Leith Hill - walk to the top and climb the tower and you're unofficially at the top of a mountain! There are beautiful bluebell woods in the area in April, and rhododendrons later in the year. All part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Very nice pub (The Plough) with rooms and decent food (possibly a tea room too?)?

If you just walk round the village you'll be done in an hour but the walk up to the tower is an hour from the village, I think. About 10 miles from Shere/Gomshall and Boxhill, Godalming a little further, so you could easily include it in a tour if you have a car.