Dorking is a market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately 25 miles south of London, in Surrey, England. Dorking began life as a small staging post on StaneLords of the Manor were to include the Dukes of Norfolk — who lived in Dorking until they moved to Arundel: one of whom is buried in Dorking churchyard. In the Medieval period, Dorking was a prosperous agricultural and market town, benefitting from its position on the junction of a number of important roads and tracks. Street, the Roman Road which linked London to Chichester on the English Channel.
The Bull’s Head in South Street had a famous coachman, William Broad, whose portrait hangs in Dorking Museum in West Street. The inn which now dominates the centre of Dorking, the White Horse, was developed in the 18th century; previous buildings on this site having belonged to the Knights Templar and later the Knights of St John. Source : www.wikipedia.org.uk
Some Local attractions are : Epsom Racecourse : http:// www.racing-index.com/race-course/epsom-race-course.html Denbies Wine Estate : www.denbiesvineyard.co.uk Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden : www.hannahpescharsculpture.com Box Hill : www.boxhill.org.uk/ Dorking and District Museum : www.dorkingmuseum.co.uk Leith Hill : http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-south_east/w-south_east-countryside/w-south_east-places-north_downs.htm
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