Mole Valley

Mole Valley District
Mole Valley District
Non-metropolitan district
	Bridge over the River Mole at Leatherhead
	Motto(s): Ministrando vigilans; (Latin: Vigilant in our serving)
	Mole Valley shown within Surrey
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Surrey
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Dorking
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Mole Valley District Council
Area
• Total	99.7 sq mi (258.3 km2)
• Rank	133rd (of 296) Highest point : Leith Hill
Population (2024)
• Total	88,709
• Rank	272nd (of 296)
• Density	889.5/sq mi (343.4/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 92.7% White ; 3% Asian ; 2.5% Mixed ; 0.9% other ; 0.8% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.2% Christianity ; 38.4% no religion ; 6.3% not stated ; 1.2% Islam ; 0.7% Hinduism ; 0.4% other ; 0.4% Buddhism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	43UE (ONS); E07000210 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ0496458567

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Mole Valley is a local government district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking, and the district's other town is Leatherhead. The largest villages are Ashtead, Fetcham and Great Bookham, in the northern third of the district.

Most of the district is on the escarpments of or adjoins the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which cover parts of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge, including locally Leith Hill, Polesden Lacey and Box Hill. Denbies Wine Estate, the largest vineyard in the country, is on the hills north-west of Dorking. The Pilgrims' Way footpath runs along the North Downs. There are stations on the London–Worthing and Reading–Gatwick Airport railways, and in the northern third, a commuter stopping-service pattern line, London–Guildford (via Epsom) line.

The A24 road and the M25 motorway are the main thoroughfares and relative to London the incidence of car ownership is high. Between 2011 and its final iteration in 2019, the area hosted hill-focused sub-laps of the London–Surrey Classic cycling tour, an event established as preparation for the visit to Mole Valley of the 2012 Olympic Games Road Races.

The neighbouring districts are Epsom and Ewell, Reigate and Banstead, Crawley, Horsham, Waverley, Guildford, Elmbridge and the London borough Kingston upon Thames.