Riddlesdown Common, Warlingham

Name: Riddlesdown Common
Address: Warlingham, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Warlingham

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Riddlesdown Common or Riddlesdown is a 43 hectare area of green space in Kenley, towards the northern end of the North Downs in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and maintained by the City of London Corporation, apart from two small areas, one of which is operated by the London Wildlife Trust and the other by Croydon Council. An area of 32 hectares is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. The name Riddlesdown also applies to the local district of residential housing. A trig point at the site indicates that it is 525 ft above sea level. ()

Elevation: 344 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°19'25"N, 0°5'34"W

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Croydon (Kenley)Warlingham United Kingdom

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Riddlesdown Common – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Croham Hurst, Selsdon Wood, Roundshaw Downs, Colonnades Leisure Park.

2 miN
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Croham Hurst, London
53 min walk • Croham Hurst is a 33.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in South Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon.
2.3 miNE
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Selsdon Wood, Warlingham
59 min walk • Selsdon Wood is a woodland area located in the London Borough of Croydon. The park is owned by the National Trust but managed by the London Borough of Croydon. It is a Local Nature Reserve. The wood has a Friends group - the Friends of Selsdon Wood - who have their own website.
2.2 miNW
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Roundshaw Downs, Warlingham
57 min walk • Roundshaw Downs is a 52.7 hectare Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation Roundshaw in the London Boroughs of Sutton and Croydon. An area of 19.6 hectares in Sutton is also a local nature reserve. In the nineteenth century the area was farmland, and in the first half of the twentieth it was Croydon Airport.
2.5 miNW
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Colonnades Leisure Park, Warlingham
64 min walk • The Colonnades Leisure Park is an out-of-town leisure park located in the Purley Way retail and industrial district of the London Borough of Croydon, South London.
2.2 miNE
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Littleheath Woods, Warlingham
58 min walk • Littleheath Woods is the collective name for Littleheath Wood, Foxearth Woods, part of Queenhill Shaw and part of Gee Wood in Selsdon in the London Borough of Croydon.
2.5 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sacred Heart Church, Old Coulsdon
64 min walk • Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Caterham, Surrey. It was built in 1881 and designed by Ingress Bell. It is situated between Essendene Road and Whyteleafe Road off the High Street. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.2 miSW
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Happy Valley Park, London
56 min walk • Happy Valley Park is a public park in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council. Located in the Green Belt, most of it forms part of the Farthing Downs and Happy Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest.
1.4 miNW
Town, Area
Purley, London
37 min walk • Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England. It was part of the county of Surrey until 1965. It is located south of the town of Croydon, and 11.7 miles south of Charing Cross. It had a population of about 14,000 in 2011.
2.2 miSW
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Farthing Downs, London
57 min walk • Farthing Downs is an open space in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. Together with Eight Acres Common and New Hill to the south-east, it is owned and managed by the Corporation of London.
1.8 miSE
51°18'36"N • 0°3'26"W
Warlingham Tandoori, Warlingham
46 min walk • Library
2.2 miSE
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Blanchman's Farm, Warlingham
56 min walk • Blanchman's Farm is a 9.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Warlingham in Surrey. It is owned by Tandridge District Council and managed by the Blanchman's Farm Committee and the Downlands Countryside Project.