Property News · June 1, 2018

Let’s move to Dorking, Surrey: perfect if you’re looking for the easy life


A nostalgic market-town jumble of bow-fronted antique shops and Georgian-style bollardsWhat’s going for it? In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels did not make allowances for Dorking (I’ve looked). Dorking is why revolution will never come to the home counties. Dorking is what many – most? – people want in life, and fair enough. The easy life, for some at least. Job that pays. Bit of a commute, mind. Nice pubs. Domino’s pizza. Fancy restaurant for fancy nights out. A nostalgic market-town jumble of bow-fronted antique shops and Georgian-style bollards. Gillian Gladrag’s rather amazing Fluff‑A-Torium on West Street, satisfying Dorking’s yarnbombers. A terribly English countryside, conforming to all expectations; Box Hill, attracting orchid‑spotters and leathered bikers alike (occasionally in the same person; I’ve seen him), is just outside. A gigantic metal cockerel. Maybe not that. But Dorking has one, should you want it.The case against Beware the shoals of Lycra-clad, middle-aged men on two wheels who pass through most weekends: the Surrey Hills are prime cycling territory – lovely unless you’re stuck behind 46 of them on the twisty A25. It’s not cheap – they don’t call this the stockbroker belt for nothing – but slightly more affordable than elsewhere hereabouts. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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