Surrey Hills National Landscape

Surrey Hills
National Landscape
Residential roads in Dorking, bordering vineyards on the side of the North Downs
Location of the National Landscape in England
LocationSurrey, England
Coordinates51°15′01″N 0°19′27″W / 51.2503°N 0.3243°W / 51.2503; -0.3243
Area422 km2 (163 sq mi)
DesignatedMay 1958
Websitesurreyhills.org

The Surrey Hills National Landscape is a 422 km2 (163 sq mi) National Landscape in Surrey, England. It comprises around one quarter of the land area of the county and principally covers parts of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge.[1][2] It was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in May 1958[3] and was redesignated as a National Landscape in 2023. The Surrey Hills National Landscape borders the Kent Downs AONB to the east and the South Downs National Park to the south west.

  1. ^ Findlater G (2009). "The State of the Surrey Hills AONB". Surrey Hills AONB. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ McKernan P (2007). "The cultural heritage of woodlands in the Surrey Hills AONB" (PDF). The cultural heritage of woodlands in the South East. Forestry Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Outstanding beauty area to be preserved". Surrey Advertiser. No. 11776. 17 May 1958. p. 7.

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