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 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.

See

 * 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.
 * 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.