Top 10 PRETTIEST Towns in SURREY

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What are the 10 prettiest towns in the county of Surrey? To determine this, I visited them all. Here's what I found out.
Please note the following:
1. Greater London is excluded, ruling out Richmond, Kingston upon Thames etc, even though they are historically considered to be part of Surrey.
2. This list is neither a social commentary, nor a guide on which are the nicest towns to live, but purely a judgement on the aesthetics of each respective town centre.
All footage is my own, and originates from my flagship channel, 4K Explorer, which you can check out here: -- www.youtube.com/@4KExplorer
Thanks for watching, and be sure to tap that like button! And let me know in the comments below which towns I may have missed, or which counties you might like to see featured in future videos!

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3 май 2023

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@lindabny0205 Год назад

England just seems to have no end of fabulous places- loved this quick trip to Surrey!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Hey, thanks for watching!

@obrienoverthewall Год назад

Unfortunately it’s full of Southerners

@colinmorand129 11 месяцев назад

@@obrienoverthewallwonder why lol

@ronaldsimpson8890 8 месяцев назад

Because all the rich people live there.

@MichaelA-hq2ds 4 месяца назад

I want to try @@AlexinGreatBritain

@tamashumi7961 Год назад

The list from the video: 10. Weybridge 9. Chertsey 8. Staines 7. Leatherhead 6. Reigate 5. Dorking 4. Godalming 3. Farnham 2. Haslemere 1. Guilford

@romanb5076 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, saved me the time

@carlavw60 Год назад

Such a great tour of these quaint, beautiful towns. I’m ready for more adventures.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks, there's more in the pipeline!

@martinbeaumont1135 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for this. So nice to see all those places of my youth. Grew up in Stoneleigh/Ewell/Epsom/Ashtead (we seemed to move further along the A24 everytime we moved house) and enjoyed the pubs and nightlife of the South Down towns :D

@m.goodengumman3941 9 месяцев назад

Stonleigh near Kenilworth?

@samcox9333 Год назад

As someone from Surrey and a history geek I have immediately subscribed haha

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Ah lovely, welcome to the channel!

@ianspeed2009 Год назад

I think it's great that you give historical accounts of our wonderful English history. well done to you sir!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks very much!

@coldenufforsnow Год назад

I love this Alex with the birdsong and your dulcet tones 😊

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Haha, thanks! Well royalty-free music's normally a bit rubbish, so I thought why not use birds instead?

@muddyboots2531 7 месяцев назад

It is quite amazing that you visit each place personally. Really enjoying the series.

@AlexinGreatBritain 7 месяцев назад

Well it's the only way to do it right, I feel. Thanks, I appreciate that!

@flower-ss2jt Год назад

So glad I found this channel - what a huge amount of research you do, really interesting. Thank you.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Very kind of you to say, thanks!

@p.millard557 6 дней назад

I really like your channel. I don't understand why you don't have MORE LIKES and SUBSCRIPTIONS. Your videos are informative and interesting. Another good thing about your channel is that there is no catch like many others that are purely advertising property or tourist accommodation.

@AlexinGreatBritain 6 дней назад

That's kind of you to say, thanks!

@alisonjudithbailey9125 Месяц назад

Lovely, thanks. Good information, well researched and presented. I think Castle Street in Farnham needed more of a feature. It is a beautiful wide avenue leading to the castle.

@idaornstein1305 Год назад

English towns do not look bleak at all. They look wonderful considering how old they are. Such history. Thank you!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks! I see another commenter doesn't feel the same way but hey, you can't win them all!

@jenniferbate9682 2 месяца назад

Very interesting series. Thank you Alex.

@JaneAndrews-y3b Год назад

Thanks so much for this compilation of Surrey towns. I really enjoyed it. I have driven through all these towns many times over a number of years. This has encouraged me to visit again and this time stop and walk around. It's most interesting to hear all the historical facts. Good luck with your new channel, it deserves great success.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Much appreciated, thanks!

@ShakeelAhmed-pr7gn Год назад

Good debut to the new channel. Nice one Alex.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks Shakeel!

@aaronmwangi8453 2 месяца назад

very beatiful work bro i just subscribed

@AlexinGreatBritain 2 месяца назад

Cheers!

@jandonald4475 Год назад

I love the format of this - easy to listen to, not too long and not too short and a great introduction to Surrey. I'm in the Scottish Highlands so might see you one day if you decide to do John O'Groats. Good luck Alex!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Ah good to know, thanks! It'd be a heck of a mission, but I hope to pull it off one day!

@paulasparrow3571 8 месяцев назад

I've lived in Surrey most of my life and worked in half the towns listed but knew very few of the facts mentioned. Really interesting!

@DeirdreTeggart Год назад

As always with Alex, a really interesting tour. Looking forward to lots more.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks, I appreciate it! :)

@andybaker2456 6 месяцев назад

As a born and bred Londoner who's spent the last 10 years living in Reigate, I'm actually quite happy to say that Guildford does deserve the number one slot! Reigate's nice, but it is a bit like Surrey's answer to Stepford. 😄

@cathyg8242 Год назад

Charming little towns! I’ve subscribed!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thank you very much!

@NWRCB 10 месяцев назад

Nice to see my hometown of Guildford at no. 1 position!

@glad5174 Месяц назад

In Godalming The Phillips memorial is shown, but it's significance isn't mentioned. It is dedicated to Jack Phillips the wireless operator on the Titanic, who remained in post calling for help as it sank.

@NoreeneSweeney Год назад

Good for you! Will be watching to watch your videos, wherever they may be. Subscribed too.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Much appreciated, thanks!

@fionaabedin2325 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant video. Thanks 😊

@alanyearsley9731 14 дней назад

I'm a bit surprised that you didn't mention Oxted: lots of fine old buildings, a lovely old church and some picturesque villages nearby. My late mum was evacuated there during WW2 and had fond memories of her time there.

@IanLawrie-l9q Год назад

Fabulous!👍👏👌

@gracewahl3708 Год назад

Great tour idea! --Grace C in western Pennsylvania 💞💞💞

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks Grace!

@peterknight6535 Год назад

Staines was in Middlesex being north of the river, the river being the boundary between the two counties.

@SaranKj 7 месяцев назад

Thanks ! Beautiful town.

@elcprof Год назад

A lovely array! I’ve subscribed.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks, I appreciate it!

@elizabethremsen1901 Год назад

Hi Alex! Congratulations on your new adventures and thanks for inviting us along. They are all beautiful, but my favorite is Leatherhead. You know I love the Tudor houses and the scene from the bridge overlooking the water made me wish I was there in person. See you soon. Oh, and I liked the video and subscribed 🙂

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks Elizabeth! Yeah Leatherhead is an overlooked town, for sure. :)

@oliveee 8 месяцев назад

It really is lovely, overlooked by the people and also smaller than other towns. Love it here

@BoninBrighton Год назад

As I lived 27 years in Surrey I’m fascinated by your list- and of course beautiful places come into their own in different seasons…. so did you pick one season?

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Nah, I'm a man for all seasons, haha! These were filmed across random months over a 2-year period. Guildford castle grounds in the spring was nice, I'll say that much!

@BigDuke6ixx 11 месяцев назад

Excellent choices.

@richboy900 Год назад

As a Guildfordian, I totally agree 😏. But in all seriousness Surrey is amazing as a whole

@tonyadeney1245 Год назад

nice youve added some history snips

@jimpomac 5 месяцев назад

Having grown up in the area i was highly amused when they renamed it , "Staines upon Thames " They might as well have called it "Beans upon Toast " .

@MrFlyingguy 2 месяца назад

enjoyed that

@gemmabryden4864 Год назад

I am originally from Surrey I live in Salford Manchester area now noisy in Manchester but Surrey where I lived was quite

@jbg48 2 месяца назад

Great list. I think I would replace Weybridge with Cobham, and Haslemere really should be no.1 as it is right on the edge of some stunning views to the south, Blackdown and Marley Heights. But also Guildford, having as it does both a University and a Cathedral, is technically a city.

@sisterhood642 10 месяцев назад

Your voice rem8nds me of the IELTS listening test😂😂

@robertclare6137 4 месяца назад

You missed the lovely Thames Ditton but anywhere in Surrey is lovely

@AlexinGreatBritain 4 месяца назад

I decided to limit it to towns, as otherwise it'd be too big a task to visit all villages!

@joshberith 8 месяцев назад

Great vid. What about ottershaw?

@AlexinGreatBritain 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! I've excluded villages, so Ottershaw wouldn't qualify.

@xetalq 10 месяцев назад

Haslemere - no. 2 on the list at 10:18 of the video - is where I grew up. I'm surprised that Haslemere is as low as no.2 - I felt certain that if=t wood be higher on the list than that. In my life and my profession, I have travelled the world entire and seen many beautiful countries in every continent on Earth (with the exception of Antarctica). But Haslemere remains - for me - amongst the prettiest places I have ever seen in all my life.

@nicholasbignell9702 11 месяцев назад

great video, although is Guildford really the county town? I thought it was Reigate (now the county administration offices were moved from Kingston a couple of years ago)

@AlexinGreatBritain 11 месяцев назад

You have a point there. To be honest, county towns are hard to define, especially as they often deviate from the county's admin HQ as with Lancaster/Preston for instance. But according to visitsurreyDOTcom, Guildford is the historic county town - 'historic' perhaps being the operative word though.

@murrayfranklyn84 Год назад

When I lived in Chertsey, I was told that the origin of a "Cock and Bull story" came from the two pubs in the town. The story would start in The Cock pub and be embellished by the time it got told in The Bull pub.

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

That's interesting! I heard the legend came from Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire. Maybe the folks from Chertsey are trying to claim it as their own.

@Justice.willArrive 3 месяца назад

Amazing

@frippp66 3 месяца назад

The Stranglers! What a great band 🖤🖤🖤

@mickmcdonagh1557 Месяц назад

Interesting love a historic town

@Richard-tp1jp Год назад

lm an english man and ive heard off surrey nole fists patrick the super vets is recorded in woking i like that programme richard

@sarahlouise7163 7 месяцев назад

😁 what?

@stevebadcock9206 8 месяцев назад

Godalming is lovely… the school I went to in nearby Farncombe sucked but as a town in itself, I can’t say much bad about Godalming

@alessiomarchese1753 11 месяцев назад

At 0:16 in which town do I find these ancient walls with the crosses and, what I assume, straight after a "nearby" river? I would love to get there.

@AlexinGreatBritain 11 месяцев назад

The ancient walls are the ruins of Reigate Castle, which is right in the town centre. The clip of the river straight after is separate - it's from Staines-upon-Thames.

@mookie2637 Год назад

As someone who was brought up in the town, I am struggling a bit to describe Leatherhead as "pretty".

@jeffdavies9099 Год назад

Agree,it was once a lovely little town,now it's a dump.

@srdsyndetical 9 месяцев назад

its basically epsom 2.0 like ashtead theyre just commuter towns now

@colinpumpernickel2605 8 месяцев назад

Ashtead is a village.

@JudyStephens-nz4xw Год назад

Subscribed

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Thanks!

@steve.b.23 8 месяцев назад

Staines was originally called Negen Stanes (Saxon for "nine stones") after a stone circle that sat at the convergence of 9 ley-lines. The circle was comprised of (yep, you guessed it!) nine stones. The circle stood approximately where the Sainsbury's roundabout near Staines Bridge now stands. As for the recent name change, you can't polish a turd, but you can rename it Turd-upon-Thames. 😆

@manonvernon8646 7 месяцев назад

Thought Guildford was a dump when I visited to be honest - half the high street shops shut down, chain restaurants galore, beggars in the street and rather grotty and sorry-looking - not really helped by being next to a major motorway I suppose. If Guildford really is the cream of Surrey, well you can safely give all of Surrey a miss.

@KayBacci 3 месяца назад

I lived in Guildford for several years before moving to live in Italy. I loved Guildford but the last time I was there In August 2023, I was sad to see how it had declined. I think it was badly hit by the Covid pandemic.

@post_to_be0090 Год назад

I lived in Guildford for 2 years. really beautiful city. hated the night life tho

@colinpumpernickel2605 8 месяцев назад

It's a town.

@jeffreywilliams8499 11 месяцев назад

Actress Charlotte Skeoch who played Hannah Abbott from the Harry Potter movies grew up in Surrey

@jimdanial5735 Год назад

Claygate is also nice. Small cute town.

@janepowell1303 6 месяцев назад

Thank you it louely

@janoginski5557 Год назад

Lived in Farnham for a short while, a beautiful town & the surrounding countryside. It’s now 50 years since, hard to believe. Il have to pause there. It really hits you. I had lovely friends there & I hope they’ve had as good & fascinating a Life as I have had.Lovely memories. Live your Life to the full.

@juni.Th17 Год назад

9:15 Genesis band?👏👏

@MENSA.lady2 8 месяцев назад

I'm Farnham bred and Guildford educated. Nice video but 1 glaring error. Guildford is not the County town. That honour belongs to Kingston-on-Thames even though it's no longer in Surrey.

@AlexinGreatBritain 8 месяцев назад

Yeah I read about that actually. Guildford is apparently considered the historic county town (with the emphasis on historic), but the administrative headquarters are in Kingston as you say. Although I believe they've recently moved it again to Reigate. Pretty confusing stuff!

@JohnResalb 5 месяцев назад

Have you done all the counties ?

@AlexinGreatBritain 5 месяцев назад

It's a work in progress. I'm up to 9 so far.

@JohnResalb 5 месяцев назад

@@AlexinGreatBritain I think your knowledge is very admirable as I notice you're not from down here, and in my own travels, I've met people who have never been down south, and as you can imagine I'm sure the other way round is just as comparable (but i never ask them). The vast majority of Brits are more familiar with the Costa del Sol than they are with places even in their own county!!!!!!!

@AlexinGreatBritain 5 месяцев назад

@@JohnResalb Thanks, and yeah it's crazy how so many native Brits are unable to pinpoint entire counties on the map! But I blame the National Curriculum for that. As for the Costa del Sol, I get sunburn just thinking about it.

@bouncingbluesoul5270 7 месяцев назад

Can you do a Top Ten Biggest Shitholes In Surrey list ?

@AlexinGreatBritain 7 месяцев назад

Shaming towns for cheap clicks is the exact opposite of what my channel's about. There are plenty of others who would do a video like what you're suggesting though.

@MandyAustin-nl4cn 6 месяцев назад

9:00 ❤

@Gengingen 5 месяцев назад

Surrey, BC Canada 😊

@annetteconroy6921 5 месяцев назад

They are pretty towns

@TheRealMikeyXD_UK Год назад

do u think woking is a pretty town? i mean the center looks quite good

@vintagevic4593 8 месяцев назад

Dump

@craiglittle1437 2 месяца назад

Up there

@fredbloggs8072 8 месяцев назад

Okay, so Godalming gave the world Genesis, & Guildford gave us The Stranglers ....but Woking gave us The Jam! I reckon there must be something in the water in Surrey.

@AlexinGreatBritain 8 месяцев назад

You might be right! And Crawley gave us The Cure - I know it's just over the border into Sussex, but still.

@colinpumpernickel2605 8 месяцев назад

Jimmy Page was brought up in Epsom. Eric Clapton was brought up in Ripley. Surrey was known in the Sixties as the Surrey Delta because it was where the Blues boom in the UK began. The Stones had a residency in a pub in Richmond before fame came knocking.

@rickansell661 Год назад

Guildford isn't a Town, it's a City. The relatively modern (1961), brick-built, Cathedral is away from the City Centre, perched on the top of Stag Hill near the University. And the cloister you were wandering around in Godalming is the Phillips Memorial Cloister. It commemorates Jack Phillips, Chief Wireless Telegraphist of the RMS Titanic. Jack was born close by in Farncombe and worked in the local Post Office before he went to sea. He, along with his deputy Harold Bride, remained at his post, transmitting distress messages, until power was almost lost and Captain Smith arrived to tell them to save themselves. By the time they left the Wireless Room the floor was covered with water. Bride survived, Phillips did not.

@cjmillsnun 9 месяцев назад

When was it granted city status? Guildford is a town. It is the exception to the rule that anywhere with a catherdral is a city.

@rickansell661 9 месяцев назад

@@cjmillsnun Just read up on this. I am wrong, you are correct. Despite, for example, the local Football Club being 'Guildford City', despite many locals (including me, up to today) beliving it is a City, Guildford remains a Town. I wish YT allowed me to edit my post :(

@3brenm Год назад

Where's woking?

@CoojertM Год назад

You’ve got to be kidding? Patchwork of rubbish buildings old and new, WBC haven’t got a clue and are now bankrupt to the tune of £1.2 billion.

@CoojertM Год назад

But to answer your question Woking is in Surrey😂

@johnorchin8567 Год назад

Woking is 25 minutes south of London Waterloo on a fast train - which are very frequent. That is all you need to know!

@cjmillsnun 9 месяцев назад

This isn't turdtowns! I'm sure when they do Surrey it will feature.

@club_rock Год назад

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@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

An interesting thought! I think even if I had a million subscribers they'd still snub me though!

@Traalijo 6 месяцев назад

Cobham?

@AlexinGreatBritain 6 месяцев назад

Technically a village, so doesn't qualify under the rules I set out for the series.

@linkbizkit6865 2 месяца назад

I can't believe i live in a town built in 666 AD 😲.

@hangin-in-thereawesome4245 Год назад

How pretty, no beautiful the countryside is. The towns were interesting with no big box stores with ten acre parking lots like in US!

@AlexinGreatBritain Год назад

Ah well we do have a few towns a tiny bit like that - just none that made it onto this list!

@desistuff8668 9 месяцев назад

No redhill in the list

@vintagevic4593 8 месяцев назад

Ha ha because it’s a legendary dump

@slothsarecool Год назад

English towns look so bleak compared to most of Europe

@jennyoshea1958 Год назад

England has many many beautiful towns and villages, far superior to most of Europe. The Surrey towns in this video are filmed mainly on overcast days and are not representative of England in general. English towns and villages are renowned for there tree lined streets and many parks and rivers. Filming on sunny days highlights the various styles of architecture (sun on brick against blue skies, for example), which make a huge difference to their appearance and contrasting beauty; Unfortunately, Alex didn't do this Even Venice looks dirty and rundown on cloudy days with bleak, grey colourless water. You obviously don't know England. Many Europeans choose to live in our amazing Country for its unending charms and architectural styles ✨🌟✨

@AA-uf3bl 11 месяцев назад

That's not true at all. English towns are way prettier, quieter, and perfect places to have a peace of mind. I'm neither English nor European but someone who has lived in a few countries in Europe for a great many years.

@sarahlouise7163 7 месяцев назад

🤣

@MichaelA-hq2ds 4 месяца назад

nyoshea1958

@daydays12 3 месяца назад

Just urban sprawl 😞. and even a Croydon look alike ( Woking) Surrey was once a beautiful county. If these are the 'prettiest' towns what are the others like?

@oliviaperrin1146 Год назад

How dreary it all looks .

@deaddoll1361 Год назад

Immeasurably brightened by your absence.

@stavrospapadopoulos-fb8vp 10 дней назад

kingswood?????????????????

@thomaspridmore106 9 месяцев назад

The worst roads uk surrey pothole capital redhill

@watchtellyinuk 7 месяцев назад

This is USELESS without time markers ... I want to see 1 town not all of them. And you don't even BOTHER to add the village name where you say NUMBER: no wonder only 100 people viewed it. LOSE

@AlexinGreatBritain 7 месяцев назад

You might want to check the view count again, my friend. But thanks for the tip - if I ever need to REDUCE my average watch time, I'll give that a try.