Hills and Views

The Surrey Hills has scenery and landscape that is amongst the best and most diverse in England. Visitors to the Surrey Hills can enjoy a remarkable range of changing scenery and diversity of landscape through the panoramic views obtained from the many vantage points spread throughout the AONB. The best known include Gravelly Hill, Colley Hill, Box Hill, Merrow Downs, Leith Hill and The Devil’s Punch Bowl.

There are numerous other locations along the North Downs and Greensand Hills that afford a view over surrounding countryside. The view from Newlands Corner is possibly the best in Southern England overlooking the delightful Tillingbourne Valley and St Martha’s Church on its sandy ridge. On a clear day it is claimed that 13 counties can be seen from Leith Hill, which at 290m is the highest point in South East England.