page_title: Reigate
section_title: Skimmington
hierarchical_section_title: Reigate / Geography / Hamlets and neighbourhoods / Skimmington
caption_attribution_description: English: Skimmington Castle, Reigate Heath It looked very tempting, on a cold day, and it had been a while since my previous visit ...... but I decided to press on.
context_page_description: Reigate is a town in Surrey, England, approximately 30 km south of central London. It is in the London commuter belt and one of four towns in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. It is sited at the foot of the North Downs and extends over part of the Greensand Ridge. Reigate has a medieval castle and has been a market town since the medieval period, when it also became a parliamentary borough.
  Colley Hill, one mile north-west of Reigate, is 722 feet high. Reigate Hill, 2.5 miles due east of Colley Hill, is 771 feet high, and they both have panoramas along the North Downs Way.
context_section_description: Skimmington is a small hamlet made up of Skimmington Cottages, Heathfield Farm and Nursery, and on the C-road, Flanchford Road, Reigate Heath Golf Club House and Course. The Skimmington Castle (the most historic building, Grade II-listed) pub is by the cottages.  It arguably includes most of Reigate Heath; its buildings are however predominantly south-east of Flanchford Road.  Skimmington includes eight pre-historic tumuli (bowl barrows), two in one close group, several within the golf club.  It is well documented by rambling groups for its serenity, hills and woods – it lies on the Greensand Way 1 mile (1.6 km) along the due west path in the south of Reigate Park or Priory Park.
caption: Skimmington Castle, a pub in Skimmington.
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