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Abinger Common Surrey Map

Traditional county: Surrey · District / Borough: Mole Valley · Region: South East

Explore Abinger Common, Surrey with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Abinger Common map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Abinger Common, Surrey

How to Use This Abinger Common, Surrey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Abinger Common, Surrey, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Surrey or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Abinger Common and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Abinger Common.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceAbinger Common
Traditional CountySurrey
District / BoroughMole Valley
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.199532
Longitude-0.401815
Place TypeVillage

About Abinger Common

Abinger Common preserves an ancient quietude, defined by the persistent weight of the Surrey Hills rising in green relief against the horizon. It lies 3.9 miles south-west of Dorking (from Dorking: bearing 234°T, OS grid TQ 117 456), and is situated north-east of Holmbury St Mary village. The earth here holds the deep memory of human habitation, as evidenced by the Mesolithic Site W Of Abinger Manor, where flint flakes remain buried in the cool, iron-rich soil. Shadows lengthen across the landscape in the late afternoon, casting long silhouettes over the earthwork remains of the Motte Castle At Abinger Manor. This land is folded into the broader expanse of the Leith Hill Sssi, where the canopy of oak and beech trees filters the sunlight into a thin, pale gold. Residents walk paths that have been trodden for centuries, moving between the open expanse of the commons and the dense, dark thickets of the surrounding woods. History in Abinger Common is not a museum exhibit, but a quiet accumulation of stone and root that persists despite the changing seasons. The air retains a sharp, clean clarity, untroubled by the clamour of modern industry or the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Leith Hill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — locality lies within · 338 ha
  • The Church Green (Park) — 0.1 mi, 319° NW
  • Motte Castle At Abinger Manor. (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 313° NW
  • Abinger Common Green (Park) — 0.3 mi, 131° SE
  • Mesolithic Site W Of Abinger Manor (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 285° WNW
  • Pasture Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.5 mi, 192° SSW
  • Abinger Common (Forest / Woodland) — 0.5 mi, 110° ESE
  • Woodhouse Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 241° WSW
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 091° E
  • Wotton House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 0.8 mi, 025° NNE · 20 ha
  • Large Univallate Hillfort At Felday (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 220° SW · 11 ha
  • Abinger Bottom (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 135° SE
  • Oldpark Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 048° NE
  • King George's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 129° SE
  • Tilling Bourne (River) — 1.2 mi, 087° E
  • Surrey Hills (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 1.5 mi, 134° SE · 422 ha
  • Tankards Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 098° E
  • Hammer Marsh (Wetland) — 1.7 mi, 309° NW
  • Abinger Hammer Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 311° NW
  • Abinger Hammer Clock (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 310° NW
  • Pipp Brook (River) — 1.9 mi, 071° ENE
  • Gomshall Marsh (Wetland) — 2.1 mi, 306° NW
  • Blatchford Down (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 337° NNW
  • Hackhurst And White Downs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 009° N · 185 ha
  • God's Seat (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 007° N
  • Leith Hill Place (National Trust) (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 155° SSE
  • WW2 Polish Training Trenches (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 050° NE
  • Shere Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 298° WNW
  • Albury Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.5 mi, 291° WNW · 132 ha
  • Denbies House (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 036° NE

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About This Abinger Common Map Page

Explore Abinger Common, Surrey, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.199532, -0.401815. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.