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 Surrey
Surrey
is one of the original 'Home Counties' , bordering London
so ideal for visitors.
The county town of Surrey is Guildford
but its administrative centre is outside the county in Kingston-upon-Thames,
as Kingston was originally in the county but became part of
Greater London in 1965.
Because
of its proximity to London, Surrey has many popular commuter
towns and villages, and is one of the most affluent areas
in the UK.
The
combination of countryside and towns means there are lots
of popular, and famous, attractions for tourists and holidaymakers
to visit.
Surrey
is the most wooded county in the UK and the County Council's
emblem is a pair of interlocking oak leaves.
The
Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty stretches
across a quarter of the county. Created in 1958, the area
includes the chalk slopes on the North Downs, from Farnham
in the west to Oxted in the east,
and extends south to the wooded Greensand Hills that rise
near Haslemere.
The
diverse landscape, which includes rolling chalk downs, ancient
woodlands, flower-rich grasslands and acid heaths, is one
of the best places for walking in South East England.
The county's heathland is mostly confined to two natural areas:
the Thames Basin, in the north-west of the county, and the
Wealden Sands, part of a larger area stretching into Hampshire
and West Sussex.
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