The Surrey Hills was one of the first landscapes to be designated in 1958 and stretches across rural Surrey, covering about a quarter of the county. The landscape features a mosaic of habitat such as chalk grassland, heathland, and woodland. It is the most wooded county in England and provides outstanding natural beauty on London’s doorstep. Popular locations include Box Hill, the Devil's Punch Bowl and Leith Hill, southeast England’s highest point. The area includes towns such as Farnham, a World Craft Town, Guildford, Dorking, Reigate and Oxted alongside showpiece villages such as Shere and Abinger. As well as these thriving locations for crafts and local food and drink experiences, we have many vineyards.
Betchworth Mole in Surrey Hills National Landscape
We recognise the arts as an effective way of truly engaging a diverse range of people with the Surrey Hills landscape. The Nature Calling programme will allow us to work with communities in the nearby London Borough of Croydon. London’s largest borough, Croydon has a larger proportion than average from the global majorities, 54% of the population is non white British ethnicity. We are focusing our engagement on the New Addington community connecting with green spaces on their doorstep as well as the Surrey Hills.
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