Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0Redhill is a railway town next to Reigate, with the lakes and open space of Redhill and Earlswood Commons on its southern side.
Photo: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0A 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.
Photo of Redhill: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0Part 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.
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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 2.0A 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.
A family farm estate near Redhill with a farm shop and butchery, garden centre and gift barn, set in 150 acres of pasture, ancient woodland and lakes. Its Discovery Land is a waymarked family nature trail through woods and meadows and around the lakes, with seasonal themes.
A 21-hectare wetland reserve along the Redhill Brook, part of the Nutfield Marshes, a chain of wetlands restored from old sand workings between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge. A footpath crosses the site, and in winter the brook can flood it into one large lake.
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0A parish church mentioned in the Domesday Book, known far beyond Surrey for the 12th-century wall painting that covers much of its west wall. It stands beside Happy Valley and Farthing Downs, so it fits well into a downland walk.
Photo of Reigate: allen watkin from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0Reigate Business Guild closes Church Street for its Christmas fayre, the town's busiest day of the year, with food, drink and gift stalls and a tombola. The day ends with the Christmas lights switch-on.
Discovery Land's outdoor play trail gets a Halloween makeover as the character Brother Hay opens a School of Trickery. Children complete trick training stops through woodland and meadows to earn a trickster rank.
Priory Farm has grown pumpkins since 1986 and this year planted 65,000 seeds across 12 acres, with 27 varieties. Visitors can drive to the field and pick their own, or ride out on a tractor and trailer from Discovery Land.
A sports and social club bonfire night near Redhill, with a bonfire, fireworks and a disco afterwards. Food and drink, including alcohol, are sold on site.
A family farm estate near Redhill with a farm shop and butchery, garden centre and gift barn, set in 150 acres of pasture, ancient woodland and lakes. Its Discovery Land is a waymarked family nature trail through woods and meadows and around the lakes, with seasonal themes.
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0A parish church mentioned in the Domesday Book, known far beyond Surrey for the 12th-century wall painting that covers much of its west wall. It stands beside Happy Valley and Farthing Downs, so it fits well into a downland walk.
Photo: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0A 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.
Photo of Redhill: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0Part 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.
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
A 21-hectare wetland reserve along the Redhill Brook, part of the Nutfield Marshes, a chain of wetlands restored from old sand workings between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge. A footpath crosses the site, and in winter the brook can flood it into one large lake.
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0A 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.
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0A parish church mentioned in the Domesday Book, known far beyond Surrey for the 12th-century wall painting that covers much of its west wall. It stands beside Happy Valley and Farthing Downs, so it fits well into a downland walk.
