Geography
Betchworth is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of Dorking that has the Borough's Civic Hall and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Reigate, the castle town at the centre of its own borough. In the outer London commuter belt, the village is 19.5 miles (31.4 km) south of London.
Betchworth is in the east of the Mole Valley Borough whose main town is Dorking; as it is mostly on the north bank the land slopes up the North Downs AONB. Below this range of hills the Mole flows briefly along the Vale of Holmesdale and the area around the tributary the Gadbrook is included in the village.
Betchworth is within Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency). As part of Surrey, a third tier of local government is responsible for education, almost all built infrastructure and other services such as social care, Surrey County Council; Betchworth Parish Council provide certain within-village facilities and services.
Built environment is made up of 372 households and 12 vacant houses with the exception of local shops and outdoor businesses such as stone merchants and garden centres. 9.1% of homes in 2001 were social housing and 22.6% of homes were privately rented with the remainder owner-occupied.
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