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The road to the right leads to Callas Hill and Foxhill.

Though parts of Pendle Hill reach over 1,900ft, it never quite makes it to 2,000 feet—the height when a hill becomes a mountain.

These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.

Samuel Fox's umbrella works were here, as well as the English Fruit Preserving Co's orchards.

The ancient name for the village is Barelegh (meaning 'wasteland'), but lush meadows now support flocks of sheep.

Not only does the ancient 'Jurassic Trackway' run on a north-south line to the east of the village towards Tilton-on-the Hill, but a Neolithic road from Leicester, eastwards towards Ingarsby, skirts the

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

The Museum displays paintings, logbooks, model ships, and yacht designs by Uffa Fox, and is a sailor's haven. Uffa used the carriageway of the old l896 Floating Bridge as his workshop.

Here the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel. Lord Nelson spent some time here in 1801, and noted in his diary what a pretty place it was.

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Preserved by Surrey County Council, it is most famous for its ancient yews. It was home to William Locke (1863-1930), born in Barbados, novelist, dramatist and architect.

A marvellous view of the once bustling scene at the tea rooms near the summit of Box Hill, close to the Monument. The Old Fort itself was built against the French.

Street has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated by the green baulk of Box Hill

Officially described as a `drinking fountain for horses, cattle and dogs`, it became known as the Angel, owing to the 15ft-high white Sicilian marble statue on a Yorkshire stone base.

In the Domesday Book it was spelt as it is today; the name comes from either 'halgh', an ancient word for hill, or from an Icelandic invader named Hella who settled here.

The sandstone hills have their highest point in Leith Hill, 965ft above sea level, about five miles south-west of Dorking.

Ingleton is the gateway to the Three Peaks, and has been a popular destination for hill walkers and climbers for over a hundred years.

When I was a teenager I remember riding out on my BSA Bantam to the Wimpy Bar on Box Hill. I

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

The Lookout at the summit of Box Hill is due to the generosity of Mr Leopold Salomons of Norbury Park.

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian

The young girl in her fashionable cloche hat dips for minnows in the River Beane, whilst her friend waits patiently for her turn.

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

Down the hill to the left lie the delights of the Logan Rock Inn, while turning right after the telephone box leads to a beautiful campsite high above Porthcurno beach.