Sheepleas

Sheepleas is a 110 hectare site comprising mixed ancient woodland, grassland and scrub. Its name comes from its history as an area where sheep were grazed, although this is no longer the case and today it is managed by Surrey County Council and Surrey Wildlife Trust.

Holmbury Hill

Holmbury Hill is 261m above sea level, the fourth highest point in the county, and offers some of the finest views in the Surrey Hills - in fact, the area is locally known as 'Little Switzerland'.

Roosthole, St Leonard’s Forest

Roosthole (some say Roost Hole and others say RoostHole*) is an area of St Leonard's Forest, an ancient woodland between Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex, which forms part of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and consists of just over 700 acres of mixed deciduous and conifer woodland, as well as some areas of open, wooded heath.

Newlands Corner

Newlands Corner on Albury Downs is a 250-acre nature reserve of open chalk grassland and ancient woodlands about four miles east of Guildford town centre. Crime writer Agatha Christie disappeared from here December 1926 - she was found 11 days later in Harrogate, apparently unable to explain what had happened.

Hankley Common south (Pitch Place)

Hankley Common is a 560-hectare nature reserve near the village of Elstead in Surrey comprising lowland heath and woodland. The site is part of the Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Cowdray Forest (and Worth Forest)

Cowdray Forest is part of the Paddockhurst Estate, a privately-owned woodland which allows some access to the public. Here, you'll find a grid plantation of different types of trees so there's quite a lot of variety to be had on any walk as you pass from section to section. Cowdray Forest adjoins Worth Forest, although there's nothing to tell you when you pass from one into the other.

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