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Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately 31 km (19 mi) south-west of London.It is named after the ancient box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole.
STS 2 - Bellasis, Box Hill Road, Dorking, Surrey - training of SOE staff and Danes, Italians. Became training and holding centre used by Czech Section and for F Section coup de main parties. Later used for initial assessment of German Army PoWs as BONZO agents.
The exposed chalk workings of the former Betchworth Quarry (Upper Cretaceous strata) on the south-facing scarp slope of Box Hill. 90 million years ago the North Downs hard chalk was deposited, a white limestone which is over 95% calcium carbonate. It contains thin beds of marl and nodules of flint, either scattered or in bands.
Box Hill & Westhumble is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, England, [2] approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill is located approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) to the east. [3] It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Box Hill School is a private coeducational boarding and day school situated in the village of Mickleham near Dorking, Surrey, England.The school has approximately 425 pupils aged 11–18. 70 percent of students, are day students while the remaining 30 percent are either weekly boarders or full boarders.
Box Hill, Surrey, a hill in England named for the box woodland it features Box Hill School, a public school located in Mickleham at the foot of the hill; Box Hill & Westhumble railway station; Box Hill, Wiltshire, a village in England
Birch Hall is a sprawling estate originally built in 1740 and located in a charming village in Surrey, and it once belonged to the British royal family. ... Visit the Buckingham Palace in London, UK.
The highest summit of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, Leith Hill near Coldharbour, is 294 metres (965 ft) above sea level.It is part of the Greensand Ridge, which traverses the National Landscape from west to east, and is the second highest point in south-east England (Walbury Hill at 297 metres or 974 feet above sea level is the highest).