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Ashtead Common

In or near Claygate.

Ashtead Common — Woodland area in Surrey, England.

Ashtead Common

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Ashtead Common is a forest in london. (Woodland area in Surrey, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Ashtead Common, nearly 495 acres, is a wooded area open to the public, to the north of the village of Ashtead in Surrey, England. It is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation, after being bought by the City due to concern in the 1870s that access to the open countryside around London was being threatened. 180.5 ha of the common is a National Nature Reserve. Together with Epsom Common it forms part of a larger area of open countryside called Epsom and Ashtead Commons, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)."

Coordinates
51.3245, -0.3081

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