 leith hill to the south west of dorking, surrey, england, reaches  above sea level,bench marks km square tq1343: the exact height of the benchmark on the tower, surveyed in 1972, is 293.8730&nbsp;metres amsl. the cut mark is o.5&nbsp;m off the ground, hence a height of 293.4&nbsp;m. on the 1:50000 ordnance map this is rounded to 294 m.  the highest point on the greensand ridge,gallois rw and edmunds fh (1965) british regional geology: the wealden district published by the national environment research council: institute of geological sciences and is the second highest point in south-east england, after walbury hill near hungerford, west berkshire,  high. it was possibly on the summit of leith hill in 851, that Ãthelwulf of wessex, father of alfred the great, defeated the danes who were heading for winchester, having sacked canterbury and london. the nearest railway station is holmwood station,  to the east. this station is served by southern trains on the sutton & mole valley line route. ==leith hill tower== thumb|250px|left|the tower on the top of leith hill on the summit of leith hill is an 18th-century gothic tower, with panoramic views northwards to london and the english channel to the south. richard hull of nearby [
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