War Memorial and Escarpment, Oxshott Heath, Surrey

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Oxshott Heath is a heathland in Oxshott, Surrey, England having an interesting geology where the London Clay stratum meets the overlying sand stratum and emerges to the surface. This has created a sand escarpment, from which views to Box Hill (near Dorking) can be made out to the South. The top of the escarpment is also home to the war memorial.

In the 1970's before global warming there were a couple of winters when you could toboggan down the snow from the top of the escarpment (safer than doing it on Boxhill)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxshott_Heath
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Coordinates:   51°20'14"N   -0°21'55"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago