Earlswood Common and Lakes
Redhill, Reigate and Banstead
Photo of Redhill: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0Photo of Redhill: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0
Part of the Redhill and Earlswood Commons, one of the largest areas of public open space in the borough, with two large lakes, ponds, wetland and grassland. It is a Local Nature Reserve, and the Lower Lake is recorded as early as 1363.
Highlights
- Two lakes with paths around them
- Roe deer, bats, frogs and toads
- Rare chamomile in the grassland
- Downloadable wildlife spotter sheet
Good to know
- Dogs must be on leads in the car park and on paths around the lakes, and can be off lead elsewhere on the common
- Charles Dickens wrote about the common and George Eliot once lived there for a while
Getting there
Earlswood Common and Lakes, Earlswood Common, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6PNParking: Car park by the lakes. RH1 6PN is the nearest postcode.
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