Limpsfield Chart is a village

Village

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 near to Oxted

Oxted

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 in Surrey

Surrey

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, just south of the A25.

The High Chart to the east of Limpsfield

Limpsfield

Limpsfield is a village and parish in the east of the county of Surrey, England near Oxted at the foot of the North Downs. It lies between the A25 to the south and the M25 motorway to the north, near the Clackett Lane service station...

 is a large area of woodland owned by the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

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 and has a large network of footpaths. Within this area is the small settlement of Limpsfield Chart. The remains of a Roman road

Roman road

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, the London to Lewes Way

London to Lewes Way (Roman road)

The London to Lewes Way is a long Roman road between Watling Street at Peckham and Lewes in Sussex. The road passes through Beckenham and West Wickham, then crosses the North Downs above Titsey, on the county boundary between Surrey and Kent, and is overlain by Edenbridge High Street.The road...

, pass through the woods east of the village, where it makes an eastward diversion from its alignment to avoid steep slopes. It passes through Crockham Hill

Crockham Hill

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 before returning to its line near Marlpit Hill.

Within the village is the church of St Andrew, Limpsfield Chart, a Conventional District within the parish of Limpsfield & Titsey, the church was built in 1895. There is also a public house

Public house

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 called The Carpenters Arms

Carpenter Arms

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in the centre of the village.

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