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Mole Valley

  • Abinger Abinger Hammer is astride the main road (A25) a...
  • Ashtead Ashtead lies between Epsom and Leatherhead....
  • Betchworth Betchworth is an L-shaped parish with the villa...
  • Broadmoor This small, rather isolated settlement lies in ...
  • Brockham About half a mile south of the main road A25 an...
  • Buckland Buckland lies on the main Reigate-Dorking Road ...
  • Capel The ecclesiastical parish of Capel lies in the ...
  • Charlwood Charlwood is in south Surrey close to the revis...
  • Coldharbour Coldharbour lies nearly 5 miles south-west of D...
  • Dorking South Street by John Beckett Image: ...
  • Fetcham Fetcham is between Leatherhead and Bookham and ...
  • Forest Green Forest Green is 2 miles north-west of Ockley wh...
  • Friday Street Friday Street is about a mile south of the main...
  • Great Bookham Great Bookham is an important local centre to t...
  • Headley Headley is a small village situated high on the...
  • Holmwood Holmwood Common by George Edward Colli...
  • Leatherhead Leatherhead is at the north end of the Mole Gap...
  • Leigh Leigh, which has been known at various times as...
  • Little Bookham The village of Little Bookham lies half a mile ...
  • Mickleham The village lies on the eastern side of the riv...
  • Milton Milton Street is about half a mile to the east ...
  • Newdigate The Wealden village of Newdigate lies midway be...
  • Ockley Ockley is in the central, southern part of the ...
  • Okewoodhill Okewoodhill is less than a mile from the West S...
  • Westcott At the Domesday Survey of 1086 both Westcott an...

Mole Valley district is in the heart of Surrey, with the river Mole running from Dorking in the south to Leatherhead in the north, cutting a gap in the line of chalk hills, the North Downs. The Romans took this as the easiest route to use when they built Stane Street from the south coast to London. The well known landmark of Box Hill rises beside the river, with its startling white chalk cliff. Dorking, an attractive market town, is mentioned in the Domesday Book and still known for the Dorking fowl, a breed with 5 claws instead of 4.

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