Photo: Mertbiol, CC0Haslemere sits in the hills at the far south west of Surrey, with Haslemere Museum in the town and the National Trust's Hindhead Commons and Devil's Punch Bowl just to the north.
Photo: David960, CC BY-SA 2.0An independent educational museum on Haslemere High Street, open since 1888, in a Grade II listed building with gardens. Entry is by donation, and the museum publishes a list of 100 things to do on a visit for all ages.
Photo of Haslemere: Mertbiol, CC0Woodland, orchard and pasture right behind Haslemere High Street, owned by the National Trust and grazed by Belted Galloway cattle. It is the start of the 64-mile Serpent Trail and links to the Sussex Border Path and Greensand Way.
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0A huge natural hollow in the heathland above Hindhead, reunited with the commons since the A3 went into the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011. Trails lead around the rim and up to Gibbet Hill, Surrey's second-highest point, past grazing Exmoor ponies.
A family-run woodland garden of about 25 acres south of Chiddingfold, with a collection of rare trees, rhododendrons and azaleas. The tea house serves lunches and afternoon tea.
Heathland, woodland and grassland a few minutes' walk from Witley village, with sandy paths that stay dry in most weather. A natural play trail starts from the Webb Road car park, and a map shows the nature trail and the Second World War baseball pitch.
Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 4.0One of the largest surviving pieces of Surrey heathland, 325 hectares of dry heath, peat bog, ponds and woodland managed by Natural England as part of the Wealden Heaths National Nature Reserve. It is one of the best places in England to see dragonflies.
Photo: Peter S, CC BY-SA 2.0A large medieval pond with sandy beaches on Frensham Common, about 1,000 acres of heathland owned by the National Trust and mostly managed by Waverley Borough Council. The ponds were dug in the Middle Ages to supply fish to the Bishop of Winchester.
Photo of Haslemere: Mertbiol, CC0Haslemere's 25th Christmas Market spreads more than 100 stalls along West Street, the High Street and into the Haslemere Educational Museum. Father Christmas arrives at the museum, and the South West Surrey Farmers' Market joins in.
Photo of Haslemere: Mertbiol, CC0Haslemere Thespians, the town's amateur pantomime group, stage Cinderella at Haslemere Hall in January 2027. Casting was announced in September 2026.
A school fundraiser for Woolmer Hill School and Beacon Hill, now back at Hindhead Playing Fields. With the fireworks at about 5.45pm, it suits families who want to be home in time for bedtime.
A historic village bonfire night on Chiddingfold's green, held on the weekend nearest 5 November. A torch procession leaves St Mary's School before the bonfire is lit and fireworks follow.
Photo: David960, CC BY-SA 2.0An independent educational museum on Haslemere High Street, open since 1888, in a Grade II listed building with gardens. Entry is by donation, and the museum publishes a list of 100 things to do on a visit for all ages.
Photo: David960, CC BY-SA 2.0An independent educational museum on Haslemere High Street, open since 1888, in a Grade II listed building with gardens. Entry is by donation, and the museum publishes a list of 100 things to do on a visit for all ages.
Photo of Haslemere: Mertbiol, CC0Woodland, orchard and pasture right behind Haslemere High Street, owned by the National Trust and grazed by Belted Galloway cattle. It is the start of the 64-mile Serpent Trail and links to the Sussex Border Path and Greensand Way.
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0A huge natural hollow in the heathland above Hindhead, reunited with the commons since the A3 went into the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011. Trails lead around the rim and up to Gibbet Hill, Surrey's second-highest point, past grazing Exmoor ponies.
Heathland, woodland and grassland a few minutes' walk from Witley village, with sandy paths that stay dry in most weather. A natural play trail starts from the Webb Road car park, and a map shows the nature trail and the Second World War baseball pitch.
Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 4.0One of the largest surviving pieces of Surrey heathland, 325 hectares of dry heath, peat bog, ponds and woodland managed by Natural England as part of the Wealden Heaths National Nature Reserve. It is one of the best places in England to see dragonflies.
Photo: Peter S, CC BY-SA 2.0A large medieval pond with sandy beaches on Frensham Common, about 1,000 acres of heathland owned by the National Trust and mostly managed by Waverley Borough Council. The ponds were dug in the Middle Ages to supply fish to the Bishop of Winchester.
