Reigate Hill and Gatton Park

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Our car parks at Wray Lane and Margery Wood are now open. You don’t need to book but parking space is limited. If the car park is full please come back another time.

A spectacular escarpment with sweeping views across the Weald

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Reigate Hill and Gatton Park

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Free downloadable walks around Reigate Hill and Gatton Park

Wildlife is blooming in the meadows around Reigate Hill
View over escarpment of North Downs from Reigate Fort
View from Reigate Hill on North Downs

Reigate Hill from the train station  

The vigorous climb up the chalk escarpment is rewarded with simply stunning views. You are on top of the world! From the top clamber down the hillside through the woods for a gentle stroll back along the bottom learning something of Reigate's mining history.

Margery Wood, Walton Heath and Colley Hill walk 

Enjoy a walk through woodland, heathland and onto Colley Hill with a well-earned stop at the pub on the way. Fairly flat ground, can be muddy in places.

Margery Wood to the Yew Tree Pub walk 

Margery Wood in Surrey is a great place to start exploring the North Downs from. The lush chalk downland boasts some magnificent flora and fauna.

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Things to see and do

Summer at Reigate Hill and Gatton Park

Walkers love visiting Gatton Park

Things to see and do at Reigate Hill and Gatton Park 

Take a walk around National Trust's Reigate Hill and Gatton Park in Surrey. Enjoy the views and indulge in some history along the way.

Gatton Park 

The park at Gatton is most famous for the work that was carried out between 1762 and 1766 by the famous English landscape designer Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

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History

Ammunition store at Reigate Fort, Surrey

History of Reigate Fort at Reigate Hill and Gatton Park 

Find out about the history of Reigate Fort, which was part of the London Defence scheme before Britain’s navy was considered strong enough to defend our shores.

The B-17(G) which crashed into Reigate Hill, Surrrey

B17 plane crash on Reigate Hill  

On 19 March 1945 a B-17 crashed into the hill and nine USAAF crew were tragically killed. You can now see the memorial to the memory of these men.

Living history event with the 10th Essex Regiment at Reigate Fort, Surrey

History of Reigate Hill and Gatton Park 

Learn how Lancelot 'Capability' Brown designed the park and the effects of war on its design. Also, uncover lots of different military facets to Reigate Hill.

The main gates to Reigate Fort, Surrey

In Victorian times 

The fort was built at the end of Queen Victoria’s reign to hold tools and ammunition in the event of an attack on London.

Military structure at Reigate Hill, Surrey

Secret monitoring 

A curious military building on either side of the footpath reveals a possible secret role in monitoring wartime communications.

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Wildlife

Meadow Clary on Reigate Hill in Surrey

The rare Meadow Clary 

The rare wild flowering plant, Meadow Clary, has been recorded on Colley Hill for over a hundred years. It flowers in June and July and doesn’t grow anywhere else in Surrey.

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Reigate Hill and Gatton Park

Our work

Front Line Surrey Hills logo, a Heritage Lottery Funded research project

Front Line history project 

Find out about our Second World War history project and how we’re working to devise innovative and exciting ways to tell the military history of this area.

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