Cobham
Cobham is a village of 9,700 people (2011) in Surrey on the River Mole. It includes a commercial High Street area with a remaining 18th-century English landscape park.
Understand
Cobham should not be confused with Chobham, a small village 4 mi (6.4 km) north east of Woking.
Get in
Cobham is 17 miles (27 km) south-west of London, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Guildford.
- By road, the north and west of the village is the A3 trunk road, a major arterial route from London to Portsmouth. This road links to the M25 motorway at Junction 10, immediately to the southwest of Cobham.
- 1 Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon railway station. It is on the New Guildford line from London Waterloo.
Get around
Map of Cobham
See
- 1 Painshill, Portsmouth Rd, Cobham KT11 1BE, ☏ +44 1932 868 113. Painshill Park is a fine 18th-century landscape garden, restored from dereliction since 1980. Painshill House dates from the 18th century and has been divided into apartments.
- 2 Cobham Mill, Mill Road,Cobham,Surrey,KT11 3AL, ☏ +44 1932 867 387, info@cobhammill.org.uk. Su 2-5PM. A working water mill on the River Mole.
- The Church Cobham Conservation Area, at the heart of Cobham, was designated in 1973 and includes 14 statutory listed buildings. Amongst these are Pyports, once the home of Vernon Lushington; the picturesque Church Stile House; and two fine houses overlooking the River Mole: Ham Manor and Cedar House, the latter owned by the National Trust.
- The Cobham Park Estate was the home of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, once Head of the Armed Forces. The present house was completed in 1873 by Charles Combe, to a design by Edward Middleton Barry. It has been divided into apartments.
- Two large houses on the outskirts of Cobham have been taken over by schools: Heywood is now the American Community School, and Burwood House is now Notre Dame School.
Do
Buy
Eat
1 The Ivy Cobham Garden, 48 High St, KT11 3EF, ☏ +44 1932 901 777.
Drink
1 The Bear, River Hill, KT11 3DX, ☏ +44 1932 967 040, bearcobham@youngs.co.uk. 11AM-11PM.