This neighbourhood provides a tranquil but vital setting in very green and rural area. It is a vibrant mini-world of sorts, complete with a good variety of shops, social venues, conservation life and heritage sites. This village attracts a sophisticated pastoral lifestyle that is emblematic of both the town’s visitors and residents. Located on the North Downs in a dispersed cluster, it retains access to the M25 motorway, giving car owners a link to London and Kent. This neighbourhood also hosts the world-renowned Walton Golf Club, whose frequenters included former Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George, as well as King Edward VIII.

This charming village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead has retained its provincial and rustic character, but is also known as an important part of the larger neighbourhood it belongs to. Its castle-checked landscape is connected to the neighbourhood’s post-Norman conquest arrivals of Richard Tonbridge and Gilbert de Clare, both of who were renowned architects of castles. Later on, the area hosted the radical activity of the Women’s Social and Political Union. They were responsible for carrying out a guerrilla attack on the then-Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s property on Nursery Road.

This locality is home to the British Transport Police dog training centre.

This area may be on the pricier side, and given the socioeconomic specificity of this neighbourhood, it can be difficult to rent in the neighbourhood. It may also be tricky to raise a younger family here, since schools are mostly private.

Development is typically slow in this rural corner of Surrey. Surrounded on three sides by protected green belt land, and doggedly defended by a number of committed community groups, this area is nonetheless highly sought after. So, despite private development generally being small-scale, the Reigate and Banstead councils have announced a £10 million investment in discounted homes for local people meaning the village could grow slightly in the coming years.