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3 unusual facts about North Downs


Dry valley

There are many examples of chalk dry valleys along the North and South Downs in southern England.

Galleting

Galletting was a common technique in those parts of Southeast England between the North and South Downs, where sandstone buildings may be galleted with ironstone.

Magnesium sulfate

It is often encountered as the heptahydrate sulfate mineral epsomite (MgSO4ยท7H2O), commonly called Epsom salt, taking its name from a bitter saline spring in Epsom in Surrey, England, where the salt was produced from the springs that arise where the porous chalk of the North Downs meets non-porous London clay.


Farleigh, Surrey

The highest point of the North Downs, Botley Hill is a slight, gentle rise south of the Chelsham and Warlingham, which are on the same upland, along the straight road Croydon Road.

Merstham tunnels

The original tunnel through the North Downs was constructed under the supervision of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick for the London and Brighton Railway (L&BR) between 1839 and its opening on 12 July 1841.

Otford

The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs.

Tandridge District

Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England containing part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Weald and the towns of Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Godstone and Lingfield.

Tattenham Corner

Neighbouring villages other than Epsom Downs were formed from Banstead's former common on this widest part of the escarpment of the North Downs: Tadworth, Kingswood and Burgh Heath.

Wye, Kent

On the Downs east of the village is a crown (hill figure) carved in the chalk by students in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.


see also

Chilworth, Surrey

The village nestles below the North Downs, overlooked by St. Martha's Hill and St. Martha's Church.

Recreational walks in East Sussex

Downs Link — 59 kilometres from the North Downs Way at St. Martha's Hill near Guildford, Surrey to the South Downs Way at Steyning, and on to Shoreham-by-Sea

Tandridge District

It is named for a hillside village and slope on the south slope of the North Downs, Tandridge.

Toys Hill

It lies south of the North Downs, separated from the latter by the Vale of Holmesdale, and immediately north of the Weald of Kent, from which it is visible from many miles away, for example from Ashdown Forest in the High Weald.