• Banstead Mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, the a...
• Chipstead Part of this commuter village is in the north-e...
• Earlswood Prior to the coming of the railway this was a s...
• Gatton This is one of the oldest parishes in Surrey an...
• Horley Horley village or Horley Street was a small pla...
• Merstham After the murder of Thomas a’Becket in Canterbu...
• Redhill Prior to the coming of the railways, the local ...
• Reigate The town has grown along the main east-west roa...
• Reigate and Banstead: Borough Panel Click on the image to view a larger, expandable...
• Reigate and Banstead: Salfords Mill Salfords Mill was leased by the Seventh Day Adv...
• Walton on the Hill Situated at about 575 feet above sea level, on ...

The borough of Reigate and Banstead is both urban and rural. It ranges from historic Reigate with its castle remains and priory, to Redhill, which grew up around the London to Brighton railway. To the south lies Gatwick airport. The rural part comprises the places lying on and at the foot of the North Downs, which has provided a source for stone and fuller's earth, especially in the areas around Nutfield and Merstham.

Click here to read about Netherne Hospital, now the site of Netherne-on-the-Hill.

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