Box Hill

Box Hill is a summit of the in , approximately 31 km south-west of . It is named after the ancient box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 735 feet
  • Description: hill in Surrey, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Box Hill, Surrey”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dorking railway station and Dorking Cricket Club Ground.

Railway station
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
, also known by National Rail as Dorking, is a railway station in , , . Located on the Mole Valley line, it is 22 miles 8 chains down the line from .

Recreation area
Photo: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a cricket ground in , . The first recorded match on the ground was in 1993, when the ground hosted a single Women's One Day International in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup between Ireland women and West Indies women.

Railway station
Photo: SteveCoast, Public domain.
is a railway station in the town of , , . Located on the North Downs Line, it lies 29 miles 65 chains from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pixham and Westhumble.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a chapelry within the parish of , Surrey on the near side of the confluence of the River Mole and the Pipp Brook to its town, Dorking, which is centred 1 km southwest.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in , approximately 2 km north of , . The village is not part of a civil parish, however the majority of the settlement is in the ecclesiastical Parish of .

Box Hill

Latitude
51.24778° or 51° 14′ 52″ north
Longitude
-0.31118° or 0° 18′ 40″ west
Elevation
735 feet (224 metres)
Open location code
9C3X6MXQ+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10880386149
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10377790
Wiki­data ID
Q895519
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Box Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Box Hill”
  • Chinese: “博士山”
  • Dutch: “Box Hill, Surrey”
  • French: “Box Hill (Surrey)”
  • French: “Box Hill”
  • Georgian: “ბოქს-ჰილი”
  • German: “Box Hill (Surrey)”
  • German: “Box Hill”
  • Japanese: “ボックス・ヒル”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Box Hill i Surrey”
  • Swedish: “Box Hill (kulle i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Box Hill”
  • Urdu: “باکس ہل، سرے”
  • Welsh: “Box Hill, Surrey”
  • Welsh: “Box Hill”
  • Welsh: “Bryn Bocs”

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