Nestled away behind the picturesque village of Chilworth you’ll find the ruins of the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills, one of the earliest examples of a gunpowder mill in the country.
Walliswood – Kiln Copse, Chapel Copse and the secret church
Walliswood is a small village near Dorking and home to a little-known church, hidden away in the woods. The Church of St John the Baptist, Oakwood Hill (formerly Okewood Hill) was built around 1220, apparently on the site of a Roman villa, which, in turn, had been constructed where a Druidic temple had once stood.
St Martha’s Hill and church
St Martha’s Hill is on the Greensand Ridge between the town of Guildford and village of Chilworth. Atop the hill, you'll find the lovely Church of St Martha-on-the-Hill (also known as St Martha's Church). This protected, grade II listed building is accessible only by foot and the only church in Surrey on the Pilgrims' Way, the historical route supposedly taken by pilgrims from Winchester to Becket's shrine at Canterbury.