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Kent is a county in South East ___MASK54___ and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north west , Surrey to the west , East Sussex to the south west , and Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north . The county town is Maidstone . Godstone is a village and civil parish in the county of Surrey , ___MASK54___ . It is centred east of Reigate at the junction of the A22 and A25 roads , and near the M25 motorway on the escarpment of the North Downs to the north . In its far south , it has a railway station , with its own small community South Godstone separated by agricultural land . Two other communities exist tied to Godstone , The Enterdent and Blindley Heath , which includes a grassland nature reserve . The Greensand Way and the North Downs Way pass through areas of Godstone . Surrey is a county in the south east of ___MASK54___ and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London . Surrey shares borders with Kent to the east , East Sussex to the south - east , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west and south - west and Berkshire to the north - west . The county town is Guildford . Surrey County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames , administered as part of Greater London since 1965 . With a resident population of 1 . 1 million , Surrey is the most densely populated and third most populated county in the South East region , after Kent and Hampshire . Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey , ___MASK54___ , at the foot of the North Downs north of East Grinstead and south - east of Croydon . Oxted is a commuter town which has a station with direct train services to London . Its main developed area is contiguous with the village of Limpsfield and Hurst Green The source of the River Eden , Kent , is just north at Titsey . Reigate is a town of over 20 , 000 inhabitants in eastern Surrey , ___MASK54___ . It is in the London commuter belt and one of three 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 . The Vale of Holmesdale is a comparatively narrow valley lying at the foot of the North Downs in Surrey and Kent , ___MASK54___ . It is a relatively recent term compared to the many historic towns and villages that are in it . It stretches from Sugar Loaf Hill in Folkestone on the Kent coast through Ashford , Harrietsham , Maidstone , Riverhead / Sevenoaks , Oxted , Godstone , Redhill , Reigate , Dorking , Gomshall , Chilworth , Shalford and ending in Guildford . Kent Downs AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Kent , ___MASK54___ . They are the eastern half of the North Downs and stretch from the London / Surrey borders to the White Cliffs of Dover . It is renowned for its natural beauty . Portsmouth is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of ___MASK54___ . Located mainly on Portsea Island , south - west of London and south - east of Southampton , it is the ___MASK47___ ' s only island city . It has a population of 205 , 400 , and is the only city in the British Isles with a greater population density than London . The city forms part of the South Hampshire built - up area , which also covers Southampton and the towns of Havant , Waterlooville , Eastleigh , Fareham , and Gosport . Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south - east of ___MASK54___ . It covers about . Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire , ___MASK54___ , centred west of Newbury , east of Marlborough , northeast of Salisbury and 67 miles ( 107 km ) west of London . Its amenities include shops , cafés , restaurants , schools and sports teams or clubs in the main national sports . It has a railway station which is a minor stop on the London to Exeter ( via Taunton ) Line and part of the upper River Kennet flows through the town which has the confluence of its main river , the River Dun which is through the town deepest and widest as the Kennet and Avon Canal . London is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK54___ and the ___MASK47___ , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . The Weald is an area in South East ___MASK54___ situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs . It crosses the counties of Sussex , Hampshire , Kent and Surrey . It has three separate parts : the sandstone " High Weald " in the centre ; the clay " Low Weald " periphery ; and the Greensand Ridge , which stretches around the north and west of the Weald and includes its highest points . The Weald once was covered with forest , and its name , Old English in origin , signifies " woodland ." The term is still used today , as scattered farms and villages sometimes refer to the Weald in their names . ___MASK54___ is a country that is part of the ___MASK47___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK54___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK54___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Merstham is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey , ___MASK54___ . It is north of Redhill and is contiguous with it . Part of the North Downs Way runs along the northern boundary of the village . Merstham has community associations , an early medieval church , a football club and an art gallery . Maidstone is the county town of Kent , ___MASK54___ , south - east of London . The River Medway runs through the centre of the town , linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary . Historically , the river was a source and route for much of the town ' s trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent , known as the Garden of ___MASK54___ . There is evidence of a settlement in the area dating back to before the Stone Age . Canterbury (, or ) is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO ___MASK31___ Heritage Site , which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury , a local government district of Kent , England . It lies on the River Stour . Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel , in Kent , south - east ___MASK54___ . The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs . It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th century . Bromley is a large suburban town , the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London , ___MASK54___ , ___MASK47___ . It was historically a market town chartered since 1158 and an ancient parish in the county of Kent . Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development , and the economic history of Bromley is underpinned by a shift from an agrarian village to commerce and retail . As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century , Bromley significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 . It has developed into one of a handful of regionally significant commercial and retail districts outside central London and has formed part of Greater London since 1965 . Most of Bromley including the town centre falls under the BR1 postcode district , whereas areas to the west towards Shortlands are part of BR2 instead . The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs that form part of the English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and ___MASK88___ . The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation . The cliff face , which reaches up to , owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accentuated by streaks of black flint . The cliffs stretch along the coastline for eight miles ( 13 km ), spreading east and west from the town of Dover in the county of Kent , an ancient and still important English port . Leith Hill is a wooded hill 7 km to the south west of Dorking , Surrey , ___MASK54___ . It reaches above sea level , the highest point on the Greensand Ridge , and is the second highest point in south - east ___MASK54___ , after Walbury Hill near Hungerford , West Berkshire , high . It was possibly on the summit of Leith Hill in 851 , that Æthelwulf of Wessex , father of Alfred the Great , defeated the Danes who were heading for Winchester , having sacked Canterbury and London . A valley is a low area between hills , often with a river running through it . West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire , ___MASK54___ , located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London . Its administrative town is Newbury and it is governed by the West Berkshire Council unitary authority . The Greensand Ridge is an extensive , prominent , often wooded , mixed greensand / sandstone escarpment in south - east ___MASK54___ . It runs to and from the East Sussex coast , around the Weald , a former dense forest in Sussex , Surrey and Kent . It reaches its highest elevation , , at Leith Hill in Surrey  the second highest point in south - east ___MASK54___ , while another hill in its range , Blackdown , is the highest point in Sussex at . The eastern end of the ridge forms the northern boundary of Romney Marsh . Walbury Hill is a hill in Berkshire , ___MASK54___ . It is located in the southwest of the county , close to the borders with Hampshire and Wiltshire , and around southeast of the town of Hungerford . At above sea level , it is the highest hill in Berkshire and the highest natural point in South East ___MASK54___ ( West Berkshire being a constituent part of this region ), just higher than Leith Hill in Surrey . Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire , ___MASK54___ . The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester , a local government district , and is located at the western end of the South Downs National Park , along the course of the River Itchen . It is situated south - west of London and from Southampton , its closest city . At the time of the 2011 Census , Winchester had a population of 45 , 184 . The wider City of Winchester district which includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop ' s Waltham has a population of 116 , 800 Farnham is a town in Surrey , ___MASK54___ , within the Borough of Waverley . The town is WSW of London in the extreme west of Surrey , adjacent to the border with Hampshire . By road Guildford is 11 miles ( 17 km ) to the east and Winchester a further 28 miles ( 45 km ) along the same axis as London . Farnham is the largest town in Waverley , and one of the five largest conurbations in Surrey . It is of historic interest , with many old buildings , including a number of Georgian houses . Farnham Castle overlooks the town . A short distance southeast of the town centre are the ruins of Waverley Abbey , Moor Park House and Mother Ludlam ' s Cave . Farnham is twinned with Andernach in Germany . It is drained by the River Wey ( North Branch ) which is navigable only to canoes at this point . A river is a natural flowing watercourse , usually freshwater , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another river . In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the ___MASK49___ , " burn " in Scotland and northeast ___MASK54___ , and " beck " in northern ___MASK54___ . Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . The North Downs Way National Trail is a long - distance path in southern ___MASK54___ , opened in 1978 . It runs from Farnham to Dover , past Guildford , Dorking , Merstham , Otford and Rochester , along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) and Kent Downs AONB . Sevenoaks is a town and civil parish with a population of 29 , 506 situated in western Kent , ___MASK54___ , south - east of London . The population of the civil parish had reduced to 20 , 409 at the 2011 Census . It is served by a commuter main line railway and is south - east of London Charing Cross . The town gives its name to the Sevenoaks district , of which it is the principal town , followed by Swanley and Edenbridge . Wotton / wtn / is a well - wooded parish with one main settlement , a small village mostly south of the A25 between Guildford in the west and Dorking in the east . The nearest village with a small number of shops is Westcott . Wotton lies in a narrow valley , collecting the headwaters of the Tilling Bourne which then has its first combined flow in the Vale of Holmesdale . The parish is long north to south , reaching to the North Downs escarpment ( and the North Downs Way ) in the north to the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge at Leith Hill in the south . Wotton Common forming the south of the parish is elevated woodland dotted with a few vernacular - style houses and has the county ' s only natural waterfall . The common ' s main settlement is Friday Street . Dorking is a market town in Surrey , ___MASK54___ between Ranmore Common in the North Downs range of hills and Leith Hill in the Greensand Ridge , centred from London . Guildford is a large town in Surrey , ___MASK54___ , located southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth . It is the seat of the borough of Guildford . Sussex ( abbreviated Sx ), from the Old English " Sþsaxe " ( South Saxons ), is a historic county in South East ___MASK54___ corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex . It is bounded to the west by Hampshire , north by Surrey , north - east by Kent , south by the English Channel , and divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove . Brighton and Hove was created as a unitary authority in 1997 , and granted City status in 2000 . Until then , Chichester was Sussex ' s only city . Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent , in South East ___MASK54___ . It faces ___MASK88___ across the strait of Dover , the narrowest part of the English Channel , and lies south - east of Canterbury ; east of Kent ' s county town Maidstone ; and north - east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings . The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover . The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover . East Sussex is a county in South East ___MASK54___ . It is bordered by the counties of Kent to the north and east , Surrey to the north west and West Sussex to the west , and to the south by the English Channel . Harrietsham is a rural and industrial village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent , ___MASK54___ noted in the Domesday Book . According to the ___MASK47___ Census 2001 , it had a population of 1 , 504 , increasing to 2 , 113 at the 2011 Census . The parish is in the North Downs , east of Maidstone and includes the settlements of Marley , Pollhill and Fairbourne . The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east ___MASK54___ that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent . Westerham Heights , at the northern edge of the North Downs , near Bromley , South London , is the highest point in London at an elevation of . The North Downs lie within two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONBs ), the Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs . The North Downs Way National Trail runs along the North Downs from Farnham to Dover . Gomshall is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey , ___MASK54___ .