Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

The White Cliffs of Dover

Dover Castle and the Start of the Downs

The Folkestone Downs

Roaming a Vibrant Downs Landscape

Agricultural Icons of the East Kent Downs

Eastling: an old Downs village

Wye: ancient routes

The North Downs Scarp

The Pilgrim’s Way and the North Downs Way

Chilham Castle (left)

The Archbishop’s Palace, Charing

The Valley of the Great Stour

Rochester Town

Rochester Castle

Difficult Soil High Up in the Downs

Orchids of the Chalk Grassland

The West Kent Landscape

Otford

The Kent–Surrey Border

Motorways in the North Downs

Reigate and Redhill

Protecting What We Love: the battle for Banstead Downs

Margery Wood: a fragmented habitat

Reigate and Buckland Downs

Steep Ways and Wild Woods on the Scarp Slopes

Epsom and its Race Course

Dorking Town

Box Hill

The Mole Valley and Denbies Wine Estate

The Mole Gap: Mickleham and the Stepping Stones

The Mole Stepping Stones

Mickleham

Ranmore Common

Chalk, Greensand and Fungi

Mushrooms and Toadstools

At Polesden Lacey

Leith Hill Tower

Leith Hill Villages

Wotton and the Tilling Valley

Rhododendrons: Beauty and the Beast

The ‘Stop Line’ and Pillboxes

Abinger Hammer

Shere Village

St James Church, Shere

Albury: a moving village

Silent Pool

The Chimneys of Albury

Albury Downs and Newlands Corner

St Martha’s Church

Chantries and Pewley Down

Guildford

Mother Ludlum’s Cave

A Path up Crooksbury Hill, South of Farnham

Farnham

Farnham castle

Conclusion

References and Indexes

Index of Place Names

Index of images and map references