Box Hill (Surrey)
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 Box Hill Lookout |
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| height | 224 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Surrey , England , UK | |
| Mountains | North Downs | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ N , 0 ° 18 ′ 31 ″ W | |
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Box Hill is a mountain in the North Downs in Surrey ( England ).
location
The mountain is located 30 km southwest of London . It is the location of the Box Hill School .
George Lambert : View of Box Hill , 1733
Box Hill in Literature
The English garden architect John Evelyn notes in his diary that guests from Epsom Spa liked to go on trips to Box Hill.
The "Picnic in Box Hill" is one of the key scenes in Jane Austen's novel Emma .
Special
At the 2012 Olympic Games , the road race of cyclists led over the mountain. The men ran it over nine times, the women twice. According to a survey by Strava among cyclists, Box Hill is the world's most popular climb for them; they nicknamed him Zig Zag .
Individual evidence
- ↑ London 2012 street race ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Lara Keay: Box Hill in Surrey beats the French Alps to be named best cycling climb. In: dailymail.co.uk. July 24, 2019, accessed July 24, 2019 .
Competition venues for the 2012 Summer Olympics
