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Leith Hill

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Leith Hill is a wooded hill to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England. [1]

37 relations: Alfred the Great, Æthelwulf, Bredon Hill, Canterbury, De Vere Wotton House, Dorking, Edmund Seyfang Taylor, England, English Channel, Greensand Ridge, Hardy (hill), Holmwood railway station, Hurtwood House, Josiah Wedgwood III, Latin, Leith Hill, List of English counties by highest point, London, Marilyn (geography), Metres above sea level, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Newbury, Berkshire, Ordnance Survey, Palladian architecture, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rhododendron, Rounding, Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet, Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet, South East England, Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway), Surrey, Sutton and Mole Valley lines, Telescope, The Ramblers, Walbury Hill, Winchester.

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Æthelwulf

Æthelwulf (Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858.

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Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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De Vere Wotton House

De Vere Wotton House is a hotel, training centre and former country house in Wotton near Dorking, Surrey, England.

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Dorking

Dorking is a market town in Surrey, England between Ranmore Common in the North Downs range of hills and Leith Hill in the Greensand Ridge, centred from London.

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Edmund Seyfang Taylor

Edmund Seyfang Taylor (27 August 1853 – 19 April 1908), popularly known as "Walker Miles", was an early pioneer of rambling in the UK.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Greensand Ridge

The Greensand Ridge is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east England.

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Hardy (hill)

A Hardy is any one of a category of mountain, hill or high point in the United Kingdom which is the highest point in a hill range; island over; or top-tier administrative area.

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Holmwood railway station

Holmwood railway station is a station serving the villages of Beare Green and South Holmwood in Surrey, England.

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Hurtwood House

Hurtwood House is a private, residential, co-educational sixth form college near Dorking, Surrey, England.

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Josiah Wedgwood III

Josiah "Joe" Wedgwood III (12 January 1795–11 March 1880), a grandson of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leith Hill

Leith Hill is a wooded hill to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England.

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List of English counties by highest point

This is a list of the ceremonial counties of England by their highest point.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Marilyn (geography)

A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a market town in Berkshire, England, which is the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Palladian architecture

Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580).

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

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Rounding

Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation; for example, replacing $ with $, or the fraction 312/937 with 1/3, or the expression with.

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Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet TD (16 November 1907 – 9 December 1989) was a British politician and industrialist.

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Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet

Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, 1st Baronet (2 March 1874 – 5 September 1956) was the Chief Officer of the London & North Eastern Railway for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)

Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Sutton and Mole Valley lines

The Sutton and Mole Valley lines were constructed between 1847 and 1868 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the London and South Western Railway and the LBSCR-sponsored Horsham, Dorking and Leatherhead Railway.

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Telescope

A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light).

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The Ramblers

The Ramblers, formally known as The Ramblers' Association, is the largest walkers' rights organisation in Great Britain, and aims to represent the interests of walkers (or ramblers).

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Walbury Hill

Walbury Hill is a hill in Berkshire, England.

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Winchester

Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith_Hill

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