Box Hill

[PK99]

Dreary place it ain't. It's a beautiful part of the country.

Box Hill viewpoint

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[ianrauk]

If you think Laardun ain't a dreary place you must have some fantastic rose tinted glasses.

If you think Box Hill is in London then you really havent a clue.

 

[Racing roadkill]

the weather wasn’t 100 percent this day, but it is still a cracking view.

 

[icowden]

It's also worth pointing out that Box Hill is a pretty big hill and probably the only pretty big hill in quite a big area...

 

[ianrauk]

It's also worth pointing out that Box Hill is a pretty big hill and probably the only pretty big hill in quite a big area...

Not entirely true as close by you Have White Down, Ranmore and Leith Hill all of which are tougher then Box Hill

 

[Twizit]

Not entirely true as close by you Have White Down, Ranmore and Leith Hill all of which are tougher then Box Hill

and throw in Barhatch Lane as well - all tougher but none have a decent view unless you go climbing up the tower at Leith.

I'll also throw in the gratuitous photo from Box - on a nice morning

 

[Racing roadkill]

and throw in Barhatch Lane as well - all tougher but none have a decent view unless you go climbing up the tower at Leith.

I'll also throw in the gratuitous photo from Box - on a nice morning

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Staple lane and Combe lane are worth a mention too. Especially if you do the climb of Combe through the hairpin from the A25.

This is a route I sometimes use when I’m doing led rides for B.C. It takes in all the usual suspects of the Surrey hills.

 

[Aussie Rider in London]

Staple lane and Combe lane are worth a mention too. Especially if you do the climb of Combe through the hairpin from the A25.
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This is a route I sometimes use when I’m doing led rides for B.C. It takes in all the usual suspects of the Surrey hills.

Combe Lane is a beauty.

The real killer around there is Whitedown Lane.

There's a kilometer stretch there that averages out at 12%, and the steepest it gets is 17%.

 

[lazybloke]

Crocknorth is pretty nasty too(although short) but Whitedown and Barhatch are worse.


I believe the steepest climbs are east beyond Godstone towards Sevenoaks. @ianrauk - is that your neck of the woods?

 

[ianrauk]

Crocknorth is pretty nasty too(although short) but Whitedown and Barhatch are worse.


I believe the steepest climbs are east beyond Godstone towards Sevenoaks. @ianrauk - is that your neck of the woods?

Yep. Along the Pilgrims Way and North Downs theres a few nasty climbs.

 

[siadwell]

^^^ this - but more so when it's quiet and not totally overrun with people. I heartily recommend 7.30am on a Monday morning

Or a Sunday morning in February, when it's just me and some sheep.

 

[Ridgeway]

There's a give away in it's title, it's a hill. Once it grows up it it will become a mountain, one day