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The Heath comprises 47 acres (190,200 square metres) of lowland
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677:London Outer Orbital Path
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461:St George's Church, Esher
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838:Thames Valley Skiff Club
813:Metropolitan Police F.C.
695:Buildings and structures
512:Esher Sixth Form College
112:Surrey Heathland Project
772:Sandown Park Racecourse
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727:Cobham Training Centre
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527:Hinchley Wood School
195:Towns, villages and
188:Borough of Elmbridge
143:51.36217°N 0.45446°W
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49:South West Main Line
22:Scrub clearance area
899:Geography of Surrey
843:Walton Casuals F.C.
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121:for Weybridge Heath
853:Walton Rowing Club
762:Molesey Reservoirs
517:Feltonfleet School
497:Brooklands College
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95:Horace Donisthorpe
57:Brooklands College
38:South East England
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757:Molesey Lock
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722:Cobham Park
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338:Ashley Park
320:Leatherhead
315:Leatherhead
273:Long Ditton
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118:Map sources
707:Brooklands
423:Hurst Park
131:51°21′44″N
101:References
874:post town
808:Esher RFC
620:Weybridge
561:Transport
485:Education
438:Painshill
379:Weybridge
362:Weybridge
134:0°27′16″W
64:coppicing
45:heathland
31:Weybridge
893:Category
575:Claygate
369:Oatlands
266:Surbiton
257:West End
242:Claygate
216:Downside
605:Oxshott
595:Hersham
348:Hersham
324:Oxshott
303:Molesey
89:British
73:, rare
211:Cobham
204:Cobham
34:common
791:Sport
656:A3050
629:Roads
585:Esher
247:Esher
235:Esher
75:birds
36:, in
877:The
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77:and
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