Print This Article Post Comment Add To Favorites Email to Friends Ezine Ready

A Guide To Surrey & The Surrounding Areas

By: Cindy Norgte Home | Travel-and-Leisure


Surrey is a county placed in England’s southeast and it forms part of the Home Counties. Surrey borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, & Berkshire.

Although you might not think of Surrey as a great tourist destination, we believe that it’s the perfect location to enjoy a weekend away or holiday. With fantastic heritage sites, some superb green spaces & fabulous shopping opportunities, a visit to Surrey really does have something for everyone. The best thing is, its well served by road & train connections, so you will find it simple to get to it from London & a number of other British destinations.

Just take a quick look at the tourist guide to Surrey below & you will soon find out all the coolest things to do during your stay in Surrey.

Shopping Opportunities

If you'd like to shop until you drop in Surrey, you'll find some exciting market towns that have many locations for you to bag a bargain. Cranleigh is one of our favourite spots, it is renowned as the largest village in Britain and it has a quaint high street to match its rustic character. It also has a busy market every Tuesday and a sizeable supermarket that caters to your every day needs.

On the other hand, you could try Oxted. Oxted is a beautiful location with a striking Tudor style high street that is dotted with a handful of chain shops and more specialist shops.

The Great Outdoors

With 22.4 per cent coverage of woods compared to the British average of 11.8 per cent, Surrey is the most wooded county in England. The county boasts numerous notable beauty spots, which include Box Hill, Leith Hill, Frensham Ponds & the Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons. In actual fact, Box Hill boasts the oldest untouched place of natural woods in England & it is also one of the oldest in Europe.

These superb places of woods make Surrey the perfect place for walkers, ramblers & cyclists to visit.

Family Fun

If you're looking for a fantastic family day trip, you could go to one of the open days in Busbridge Lakes for a beautiful picnic. Alternatively, you could take in the pretty scenery located around the beautiful Chinley Heinh Semaphore Tower or even in Outwood, which houses the oldest fully functioning windmill in Britain. The highly adventurous visitor could also consider taking a boat ride along the Wey Navigation or even embarking on a bike ride along the Downs Link Path.

As well as these outdoor activities, you'll also be pleased to know that the Surrey towns of Leatherhead, Chertsey and Farnham have a handful of fantastic museums, including the Ash Museum. For art lovers, there is also the Forge & Dragon galleries or the Wints Picture Galleries, both of which display some very impressive work. Alternatively, you could visit the fantastic Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, which has over 500 types of beer for you to sample.



Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com

About the Author:
Source:

Finesse Models


Cindy Norgte is a former Woking beauty queen with experience as a model in Guildford.

Tags:

Please Rate this Article

 

Not yet Rated

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive Travel-and-Leisure Articles Via RSS!

Recent Related Articles From Travel-and-Leisure

  • Summer Fashion Coming To A High Street Near You
    By: Daniel Johansson | Jun 23rd 2007
    With winter wear well and truly banished to the back of the wardrobe it's time to stock up on fabulous summer fashion. From footwear to head wear and everything in between its all change as this year's new lines start to hit the high street. Read

  • Make The Most Of High Street Fashions
    By: Elisha Burberry | Jul 24th 2007
    Fashion is alive and well on the high street, and there has never been more choice when it comes to high street fashions. With millions of garments and accessories available, now is as good a time as ever to update your wardrobe. Read

  • Innovative Bored Of The High Street Website Offers A Host Of Exclusive, Low Cost Designer Clothing
    By: admindgs | Dec 23rd 2009
    For many women, shopping is not only a necessary means of acquiring the latest and most up to date fashions, it is also a genetic past time, passed down through endless generations of female predecessors. Read

  • E-christmas Shopping On A Rise!
    By: Samuel Hary | Nov 11th 2006
    With e-shopping outdoing the traditional ways of High Street shopping this Christmas, e-shoppers are in for a gala time! Huge Cashbacks, freebies and discounts are all up for grabs on the internet, and so are the best deals! Read

  • Temporarily Employed Staff: Working Hard Just To Be Turned Down For A Mortgage
    By: Chris Gardner | Sep 17th 2007
    For many of us in the UK, working temporarily through recruitment agencies is one of the most convenient ways for us to earn enough money to support ourselves and our families. Not only that, it allows us to work at times to fit with family life and by the very nature of the job, you can end up working at a broad range of e ... Read

  • Shop Around For Home Insurance Savings
    By: Paul McIndoe | Mar 10th 2008
    With house prices in many areas higher than ever, homeowners are encouraged to protect their asset with home insurance; but finding the right policy at the right price - either online or on the high street - can be challenging. Read

  • 1970s Crisis - Is It The Same This Time?
    By: Ray Prince | Jan 8th 2009
    Well, what a year it's been... High street banks in crisis, investment banks closing their doors, 'experts' pointing fingers, and SERIOUS questions asked of the Financial regulators. Yes, what WERE the regulators doing on both sides of the Atlantic? And to cap it all, a $50bn (expected) fraud uncovered in the US. Is there m ... Read

  • Evoucher Website Offers Astounding Money Saving Opportunities
    By: admindgs | Nov 13th 2009
    With the festive period nearly upon us and having gone through one of the worst recessions in history, Read

  • Party Pieces Promotional Code - Search Thoroughly
    By: Willis Thomas | Jul 27th 2010
    We all like to save money by whatever means we can. Read

  • The Saviour Of Women's Clothing - The Internet
    By: vishal k | Oct 29th 2008
    We all need clothes. Whether you agree or not, there can be few people in few places who can actually get by without a wardrobe of clothes, full or not.

    In this day and age, our clothes play a massive role in shaping our identity and more to the point, our clothes shape the persona that we present to the publ ...
    Read


Copyright © 2005-2011 eArticlesOnline, LLC - All Rights Reserved
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy