Holmwood station is in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
www.surreyhills.org
The top of Leith Hill Tower is the highest point in south-east England with impressive views, there are steep spiral stairs to the top.
Light refreshments but no toilets at the Tower. The surrounding woodland has many paths to explore, download a map of waymarked trails from the website.
The house Leith Hill Place (1 mile from Tower) is used for exhibitions and the nearby Rhododendron Wood is colourful in late spring. Admission free.
Open Countryside Daily dawn-dusk. Leith Hill Tower and Leith Hill Place: please see website.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leith-hill
It is a pleasant walk to Leith Hill through the beautiful Surrey Hills countryside, the last part of the walk is steeply uphill to the Tower.
There are many footpaths in the area and I recommend the Ordnance Survey
Explorer Map
for full details.
