Botley Hill

Day Seven - Merstham to Botley Hill. From wild morning storm to sublime autumnal evening and from a locked church to a welcoming inn, its been another glorious day. The hills get bigger and bigger but each one takes us nearer to Canterbury. We’re nearly half way there!

@FoodChatMatt @AndyLynes @merryhambledon @thequeensheadd1 @DogandPheasant @TheSurreyOaks Thank you. 😊

@AndyLynes A few in Surrey. @merryhambledon & its Shepherd Huts; @thequeensheadd1 team refurbing The Running Horses, Mickleham, which will hit the spot; The Bailiwick, next door to Windsor Great Park; @BotleyHill while the wind whips around outside; @DogandPheasant; @TheSurreyOaks...

I'm looking for cosy pubs in the UK for a round-up feature in the national press. Please let me know your favourites and RTs would be very welcome. Thanks. #journorequest

In the mean time, do make sure to visit our sister inn, The White Bear, which is only just down the road from Botley: thewhitebear-fickleshole.com 🔥🍻🥂 In other exciting news, we are launching our brand new instant booking system online today at botleyhill-farmhouse.co.uk/request. 🙏🥰

Our wonderful team works so hard to make every visit to Botley Hill special but, before we head into a busy winter/festive season, we need to give them time to recharge. As such, we are closed from Oct 18 to Oct 26. botleyhill-farmhouse.co.uk. Thank you for your support. 🙏

While Christmas Day is pretty much a full house already at Botley Hill Farmhouse, we will be running our Festive Dining menu from Dec 1 to Dec 23: botleyhill-farmhouse.co.uk/dining/festive. Bring your friends and family to Botley Hill for delicious food, beautiful views and festive cheer. 🎄🎁🥰

A note to anyone coming out to the Bec Hill Climb tomorrow we have scaled the event down so no tea & cakes this year but please head down to @BotleyHill farmhouse near @titseybrewingco to get your refreshments. The Carnival will return Next Year we promise.

@BotleyHill Thank you for a wonderful place to chill and chat.

@katierosewindow @BotleyHill So beautiful,great views over the Downs. Miss sitting @BotleyHill and looking over the fields

@happychefuk60 @BotleyHill Such a great spot 🌿🌸 shout out to the super friendly waitress in the Sheep Shed @BotleyHill for great service

Botley Hill Farmhouse, Titsey, on the North Downs in Surrey: originally a 16th century farmhouse, now the highest pub in SE England. Popular with diners. Real ales are from the separately owned Titsey brewery.

Some pastoral idylls from today's adventure on the North Downs. Sooooo worth it for the amazing views and the welcome stop offs at friendly Botley Hill Inn and White Bear and the reminder that this is all less than an hour away 🌿🌍💙💚

10km in… loop to Warlingham school then home and now back out to Titsey #Training #walking

Titsey place viewpoint

This path from Botley Hill to Tatsfield is stunning, whatever the weather. It’s a little bit tucked away and well off the usual dog walking/running/walking routes. But I reckon it has some of the best views from the North Downs in East Surrey/West Kent.

@AboutEG @timolloyd Yes, we're at the highest point on the @NorthDownsWay but not quite the @SurreyHillsAONB. We occasionally contemplate adding a little extra height, but #MarbleArchMound is giving us second thoughts. 😁

@timolloyd We love the Botley Hill Farmhouse restaurant @BotleyHill. Great food and atmosphere, although we haven't been since lockdown. I doubt if it's higher than Leith Hill, which is said to be over 1,000 feet at the top of the tower. Maybe it's lower since metres were introduced.😎

On this day in 2013 I was at Leith Hill, claimed to be the highest point in South East England. I think it depends on whether you include the tower in the measurement. AboutEG Junior (aka Jan) has just reminded me that on this day in 2017 we were in beautiful Korčula (Croatia).

Have you drunk in the beautiful views from @BotleyHill before? Simply gorgeous. 🌄🥰

Pit stop, Kent hills 🚴

Just returned from one of my favourite places @BotleyHill, after our first restaurant dining experience since the start of lockdown 1. It was absolutely splendid as usual: fantastic food with superb and friendly service - it (almost) felt like we were back to normal.

Happy #SurreyDay! We would love to hear all about your favourite Surrey food and drink producers, pubs and restaurants, farm shops and foodie stores etc today. Share your favourite foodie finds as we celebrate the third annual Surrey Day. 🥂💚🥰

Thank you so, so much for all the kind comments! It feels so good to be back. 😁🥰 #ViewsfromBotley