Wotton and Abinger Commons, Dorking

Name: Wotton and Abinger Commons
Address: Dorking, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Dorking

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Wotton and Abinger Commons is a 324-hectare nature reserve south-west of Dorking in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Part of it is in Leith Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest ()

Elevation: 699 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°11'49"N, 0°22'52"W

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Dorking United Kingdom

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Wotton and Abinger Commons – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leith Hill, Piney Copse, Holmbury Hill, St Martin's Church.

1.4 miS
Cycling, Bike path
Leith Hill
37 min walk • Leith Hill, nestled in the serene Surrey Hills, stands as a beacon for cycling enthusiasts and nature lovers alike. This verdant eminence, crowned by an 18th-century Gothic tower, is the highest point in Southeast England and offers a network of bike paths that cater...
2.8 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Piney Copse
72 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the English countryside, Piney Copse offers a serene escape for nature enthusiasts and hikers alike. This verdant woodland area, characterized by its dense canopy of pine trees and a network of well-maintained hiking trails, is a hidden gem for...
2 miSW
Cycling, Bike path
Holmbury Hill
52 min walk • Holmbury Hill is a wooded area of 261 metres above sea level in Surrey, England, and the site of an Iron Age-period hillfort. The Old Saxon word "holm" can be translated as hill and "bury" means fortified place.
3.3 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Martin's Church, Dorking
83 min walk • St Martin's Church is an Anglican parish church in Dorking, Surrey. It is a Grade II* listed building and surviving parts of the structure date back to the Middle Ages. It in the archdeaconry of Dorking, in the Diocese of Guildford.
1.4 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Greensand Way
36 min walk • The Greensand Way is a long-distance path of 108 miles in southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills.
1.1 miW
Church
St James's Church
29 min walk • St James's Church stands on Abinger Lane in Abinger Common, a small village within the civil parish of Abinger in Surrey, south-eastern England. The church was built in the early 12th century and then rebuilt around 1220, and is today a grade II* listed building.
1.2 miW
Forts and castles
Abinger Castle, Dorking
30 min walk • Abinger Castle is an earthwork motte and bailey that was topped with a small wooden fortress. It is located in Abinger Common, between Guildford and Dorking in Surrey, England.
2.3 miW
Forest
Oxmoor Copse, East Horsley
60 min walk • Oxmoor Copse is just south of the village of Abinger Hammer and to the west of the village of Abinger Common, in Surrey. It is 1.23 hectares and is in an AONB lying within the Surrey Hills.
2.5 miN
Park
Hackhurst and White Downs, Dorking
63 min walk • Hackhurst and White Downs is a 185.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dorking in Surrey. White Downs is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of it is in the 200-hectare White Downs nature reserve, which is owned by the Wotton Estate and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
1.1 miW
Memorial
Abinger Common War Memorial, Dorking
29 min walk • Abinger Common War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Abinger Common in Surrey, south-eastern England. The memorial was destroyed by a German bomb during the Second World War and rebuilt in the late 1940s.
1.5 miS
Lookout, View point
Leith Hill, Dorking
38 min walk • Leith Hill in southern England is the highest summit of the Greensand Ridge, approximately 6.7 km southwest of Dorking, Surrey and 40.5 km southwest of central London.