    275px|thumb|south street in dorking in about 1959 thumb|275px|south street in dorking in may 2009 dorking  is a long-established market and later railway town in the valley of the pipp brook between the north downs and the greensand ridge approximately  from the centre of london, in surrey, england. it is equidistant between two high points of the hill ranges, box hill and leith hill. it is also in the postal system a large post town that covers surrounding semi-rural villages, from mickleham and westhumble in the north to capel in the south. the parish used to stretch further east, in its pixham former part, a settlement which evolved into a village and ward, to the river mole, and in the middle ages altogether had at least three mills. with the exception of cotmandene which remains mostly public land with far-reaching views in the town centre, in the georgian and victorian periods seven foothills and slopes in the neighbourhood became grand country estates: today's norbury park, denbies vineyard resort, betchworth castle/betchworth park golf course, polesden lacey (nt), wotton house and dorking golf course/the deepdene garden. dorking is today more of a commuter settlement than ever before and has three railway stations. in 1911 it
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