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What's it like living here?

Living in Dorking

What's It Like To Live in Dorking?

Dorking, Surrey is a historic market town situated about 25miles south of London at the foot of the North Downs which provides a beautiful backdrop to the town. Dorking has so much to offer its residents it all - a new sports centre, a new state of the art medical surgery, a cinema, Dorking Halls, independent shops as well as a few known chain stores, decent pubs and a mixture of restaurants.

Entertainment

The Dorking Halls is a complex offering cinema, theatre, leisure centre and swimming pool facilities. Dorking Halls is also an annual host to a professional pantomime. There is also an annual Arts Alive Festival which takes place in October. Dorking also has a museum, a library, and about thirty pubs. Dorking is also a splendid location for eating out, with a great selection of traditional pubs and a variety of eateries.

Shopping

Dorking town centre offers an enjoyable and diverse shopping experience from independent retailers to well known chain stores. There is also an abundance of antiques shops, where all dealers were very professional.

Communications

Dorking is easily accessible from the A24, A25 and the M25 is just 15 minutes away. Gatwick international airport is just 30 minutes away and Heathrow international airport around an hour away. Dorking has three railway stations, the main Dorking station accessing both London Victoria and London Waterloo mainline stations (Dorking is less than an hour by train from Waterloo) and, in the opposite direction to Horsham and the south coast. Dorking Deepdene and Dorking West stations link to Gatwick airport and Reading mainline station via Guildford. The Eurostar terminal at Ashford is easily accessed via the M25 and M20.

Surrey Hills

Wherever you are in Dorking you are almost sure to catch sight of the stunning Surrey Hills which provides a dramatic, beautiful backdrop to the day-to-day activities of the town. Surrey Hills is the nationally protected landscape of rolling chalk downs and rich grasslands, which offers some of the best walking in Southern England. From Farnham in the west to Oxted in the east and extending south to the in Haslemere, the Surrey Hills stretches across a quarter of the county.