Reigate Hill and Gatton Park
Reigate, Reigate and Banstead
Photo: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0Photo: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0
A chalk escarpment on the North Downs with views south across the Weald, linked along the North Downs Way to the Capability Brown landscape of Gatton Park. Reigate Fort, built in the late 1890s to help defend London, sits beside the path.
Highlights
- Views across the Weald towards the South Downs
- Reigate Fort, a late Victorian defence site
- Waymarked walks of 3 to 4 miles, including Colley Hill
- Parkland at Gatton designed by Capability Brown
Good to know
- Well-controlled dogs are welcome; keep them on a short lead near grazing animals
- Reigate station is about a mile away up the A217
- The servery at Wray Lane sells hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice cream
Getting there
Reigate Hill and Gatton Park, Reigate Hill, Wray Lane, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0HXParking: Wray Lane car park (servery and toilets, not National Trust) or Margery Wood car park (National Trust, pay by machine or JustPark, location 80624). No phone signal at Margery Wood.
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Nearby
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0Gatton Park
A historic parkland laid out by Capability Brown with Edwardian gardens, on a private estate owned by the Royal Alexandra and Albert School and opened by the Gatton Trust on monthly open days. Visitors enter through Gatton Hall, where refreshments are served in the ballroom overlooking the park.
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0Priory Park, Reigate
A park of historic interest off Bell Street in Reigate, with lakes, a sunken garden and plenty of wildlife. Families come for the playground with sensory and splash areas, the skatepark and the café in the pavilion.
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0Reigate Heath
A lowland heath on the western edge of Reigate with heather and acid grassland, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve. Bronze Age burial mounds, between 3,000 and 5,000 years old, survive on the heath as scheduled monuments.