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Oxted is a commuter town on the dip slope of the North Downs, where the chalk scarp gives way to the Wealden Greensand and the broad wooded valley of the River Eden. The chalk grassland of the North Downs Way above the town carries wild thyme, marjoram and bird's-foot trefoil in summer; the ancient oak and hornbeam woodland of the Hazel Bottom and Titsey estate provides a long lime and sweet chestnut flow; and the hedgerow-rich farmland of the Eden valley below extends the season with hawthorn, field maple and bramble from April to October. Oxted is in Surrey BKA's Croydon and Reigate division territory.

Spring builds fast on blackthorn, hawthorn and horse chestnut along the North Downs scarp, then leans heavily on field maple, sycamore and the urban lime avenues of Guildford, Dorking and Woking. The lowland heaths — Chobham, Frensham, Thursley — give a late bell heather crop in good Augusts that colonies here can count on, supplemented by rosebay willowherb across the MoD training land. Bramble is dense from Box Hill to the Surrey Hills AONB, and the old walled churchyards carry a strong ivy flow into autumn.