Dorking, England
Dorking Around
"Where the A24 meets a really big hill"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing a crossed bicycle pump and antique clock, rampant, upon a field of chalk grassland. Above, a kestrel circles a National Trust sign, while below a Latin motto roughly translates to 'We Have Excellent Charity Shops But No Parking'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came for the Box Hill cycling views, stayed because we got stuck behind three separate lycra pelotons and a farm vehicle on the way out. The town itself is charming enough - nice antique shops, a proper old church - but try finding a parking space on a Saturday and you'll understand why locals have the patience of saints. The Zig Zag Road is genuinely thrilling though, even if it's mostly full of Strava enthusiasts recreating Bradley Wiggins fantasies."— GaryFromGuildford_Cyclist_Hater
Property Listing
Nestled at the foot of the majestic Box Hill, this charming Surrey market town offers character properties, excellent schools, and the invigorating lifestyle of watching cyclists in full team kit queue for a bacon roll every weekend. Commuters will delight in the mainline station to London, assuming they can first navigate the one-way system designed, apparently, by a committee that hated joy.
Twinned With
Alpe d'Huez — Both are hills that amateur cyclists have convinced themselves are genuinely mountainous.
Supporting Evidence
Dorking is built on the Roman Stane Street and is genuinely famous for a chicken breed named after it - the Dorking fowl, distinguishable by its five toes, which is more toes than most local drivers seem to have patience for on market day.