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| | Surrey Hills Area |
 | | Characterised by hills and valleys, traditional grassland farming, a patchwork of chalk grassland and heathland, sunken lanes, picturesque villages, market towns, grand villas in the Arts and Crafts style and associations with many of the country's great artists, writers and designers. |
 | | The hills are regarded as the first real countryside south of London and they are a rural retreat for many thousands of daily commuters. |
 | | Over much of the Surrey Hills the historic settlement pattern remains largely intact, small picturesque villages of Saxon and medieval origin in the valleys, isolated farmsteads on clearings won from the woodland, country houses with extensive parklands, market towns and remnants of C17 and C18 industry. |
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