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Norbury Park
Norbury Park — park in Mickleham, Surrey, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Box Hill & Westhumble · 2.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Norbury Park is a public park in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Mickleham, Surrey, UK". Coordinates: 51.2707°, -0.3388°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Surrey Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Norbury Park is an area of mixed wooded and agricultural land surrounding a privately owned Georgian manor house near Leatherhead and Dorking, Surrey. On the west bank of the River Mole, it is close to the village of Mickleham. The park is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It is part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Background
History
(1863-1937)]] A small Bronze Age hoard consisting of two palstave axes and a scabbard chape dating from around 1150-1000 BC was discovered in 2003 in woodland on the western side of the park. The park also contains, at Druids Grove marked on Ordnance Survey maps, an important grove of yew trees apocryphally used by Druids for rituals and ceremony. They are some of the oldest trees of Great Britain. The manor was also known as Northbury for some time. The estate is not named in Domesday Book, however there are two entries for Mickleham and it is thought that the second of these relates to Norbury Park. In 1086, the land was held by Oswald as mesne lord to the tenant-in-chief, Richard son of…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2707, -0.3388
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Mole Valley
- Parish
- Mickleham
- Postcode
- RH5 6ES
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Nearest railway station
- Box Hill & Westhumble — 2 km
- Official site
- www.surreycc.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7050459 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Norbury Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: NorburyPark-NewManorHouse-01.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Norbury Park?
- Norbury Park is in Surrey, London, United Kingdom (postcode RH5 6ES), in the parish of Mickleham.
- Is Norbury Park a listed building?
- Norbury Park is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Norbury Park a protected site?
- Yes — Norbury Park is part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Norbury Park free to visit?
- Yes, Norbury Park is free to enter.
- How do I get to Norbury Park?
- The nearest railway station is Box Hill & Westhumble, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RH5 6ES.