Hotels in Surrey

Hotels in Surrey, England are often required by people who need accommodation in the English county. Some may need accommodation for a vacation, some to see cultural, sporting, entertainment events. Some may want to see fun event. Some may want t see the rural areas or the urban areas. Some may want to see the towns or the villages. Some may want t see the historic areas of the county. Some may want explore the whole county or the use the county as abase to explore London. Some may want a cheap hotel or luxury hotel.

Significant landscapes in Surrey include Box Hill just north of Dorking; the Devil's Punch Bowl at Hindhead; Frensham Common, heathland with a variety of plant, animal and birdlife plus the Great Pond and Little Pond dating from the Middle Ages when they were constructed to provide food for the Bishop of Winchester's estate. Leith Hill to the south west of Dorking is the highest point in south-east England.

Leith Hill to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England, reaches 294 metres above sea level, the highest point on the Greensand Ridge, and is either the highest or second highest point in south east England, depending on whether one counts Walbury Hill near Hungerford, West Berkshire which is 297 metres high, as being in southeast England. One can see woods, rhododendrons, bluebells and magnificent views from the many walks. On the summit of Leith Hill is an 18th century Gothic tower, with panoramic views northwards to London and the English Channel to the south.

Surrey has important country houses such as Clandon ParkHistoric House, an 18th century Palladian mansion in West Clandon to the east of Guildford. Nearby there is Hatchlands ParkHistoric House in East Clandon, east of Guildford, was built in 1758 with Robert Adam interiors and a collection of keyboard instruments. Polesden LaceyHistoric House south of Great Bookham is a regency villa with extensive grounds. On a smaller scale, Oakhurst Cottage in Hambledon near Godalming is a restored 16th century worker's home. There is a museum at Rural Life Centre, Tilford.

Box Hill is a well known beauty spot in the North Downs of Surrey, England, close to the southern outskirts of London, overlooking Dorking to the south-west. There is a small village of the same name about 1.5 km to the east. Confusingly, Box Hill School is located in the village of Mickleham about 1.5 km to the north, and is between the towns of Dorking and Leatherhead.

From around 480 AD Saxons from the south and Jutes from the east invaded and began to settle in the area and establish a sub-kingdom probably with Middle Saxon overlords. The name Surrey is Saxon, and is a corrupted form (with r replacing the sound ð) of "Suuð-ye" meaning "South Ridge" or more probably "south administrative unit" (the Old Germanic district "Gau" like those that were established by Charlemagne; earlier German spellings were Gowe, Gouwe), referring to its position on the South bank of the Thames. At this time the Surrey area was sparsely populated and almost entirely forested. There was a local truce recorded in c.500 (possibly as a result of the Battle of Badon Hill) and only north and east Surrey were retained by the Anglo-Saxons. The westward expansion into British territory continued from c.550AD with some local British communities becoming marooned within the confines of Saxon Surrey, probably around Walton-on-Thames. From 568 the eastern border of Surrey with Kent was agreed and marked by a ditch. Local tribes named Æschingas, Godhelmingas (around Godalming), Tetingas (around Tooting), Woccingas (between Woking and Wokingham), Basingas (the Blackwater Valley) and Sonningas (around Sonning) are known to have existed.

List of places in Surrey

Abinger Common, Abinger Hammer, Addlestone, Albury, Alfold, Artington, Ash, Ash Vale, Ashford, Ashtead, Badshot Lea, Bagshot, Banstead, Beare Green, Betchworth, Birtley Green, Bisley, Blackheath, Bletchingley, Blindley Heath, Bramley, Brockham, Brook, Brookwood, Buckland, Burgh Heath, Burpham, Busbridge, Byfleet, Camberley, Capel, Caterham, Chaldon, Charlwood, Chertsey, Chessington, Chiddingfold, Chilworth, Chipstead, Chobham, Christmas Pie, Churt, Claygate, Cobham, Coldharbour, Compton, Cranleigh, Cudworth, Dorking, Donkey Town, Dormansland, Dunsfold, Earlswood, East Clandon, East Horsley, Effingham, Egham, Egham Hythe, Elstead, Englefield Green, Epsom, Esher, Ewell, Ewhurst, Fairlands, Farley Green, Farncombe, Farnham, Fetcham, Fletcham, Flexford, Forest Green, Frensham, Friday Street, Frimley, Frimley Green, Frogmore, Godalming, Godstone, Gomshall, Great Bookham, Guildford (County Town), Hale, Hambledon, Hascombe, Haslemere, Headley, Heath End, Hersham, Hinchley Wood, Hindhead, Holmbury St Mary, Hooley, Horley, Horsell, Hurst Green, Hurtmore, Jacobs Well, Kingfield, Kingswood, Knaphill, Leatherhead, Lightwater, Limpsfield, Lingfield, Little Bookham, Long Ditton, Lower Bourne, Lower Kingswood, Lyne, Maybury, Mayford, Merrow, Merstham, Mickleham, Milford, Mimbridge, Mytchett, Molesey, Mitcham (now part of Greater London), Newchapel, Newdigate, Newland's Corner, New Haw, Normandy, North Holmwood, Nutfield, Ockham, Ockley, Old Woking, Onslow Village, Ottershaw, Outwood, Oxshott, Oxted, Peaslake, Peasmarsh, Pennypot, Pirbright, Pixham, Puttenham, Pyrford, Ranmore, Redhill, Reigate, Ripley, Rowledge, St John, Salfords, Send, Send Marsh, Shackleford, Shalford, Shamley Green, Shepperton, Shere, Shottermill, Smallfield, Staines, Stanwell, Stanwellmoor, Stoke D'Abernon, Sunbury-on-Thames, Tadworth, Tandridge, Tatsfield, Tattenham Corner, Thames Ditton, Thorpe, Thursley, Tilford, Tongham, Trumps Green, Upper Halliford, Virginia Water, Walton-on-Thames, Walton-on-the-Hill, Wanborough, Warlingham, West Clandon, Wentworth, West Horsley, Westfield, Westhumble, West End, Westcott, Weston Green, Weybourne, Weybridge, Whyteleafe, Windlesham, Wisley, Witley, Woking, Woldingham, Wonersh, Woodham, Woodhatch, Woodmansterne, Wood Street Village, Wormley, Worplesdon, Wotton, Wrecclesham

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