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Banstead Downs is a 126.7-hectare (313-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Banstead in Surrey. There are Saxon burial mounds on the site and they are a Scheduled Monument Today, with wooded areas and wide open fields, Banstead Downs are predominantly used for walks by local residents. The downs also form a pathway from Belmont Village and Brighton Road to Banstead.

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Banstead Downs
Freedown Lane, Reigate and Banstead Little Woodcote (London Borough of Sutton)

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Downview Prison and Young Offender Institution

Freedown Lane
SM7 3AU Reigate and Banstead, Little Woodcote (London Borough of Sutton)
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