Margery is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey England. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead, Redhill and Horley....

 district, in the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Surrey

Surrey

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. It is located close to the top of the north-facing dip slope

Dip slope

A dip slope is a geological formation often created by erosion of tilted strata. Dip slopes are found on homoclinal ridges with one side that is steep and irregular and another side, the dip slope, that is generally planar with a dip parallel to the bedding...

 of the North Downs

North Downs

The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. The North Downs lie within two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty , the Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs...

. The hamlet is mainly located on the northern side of the M25 motorway

M25 motorway

The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...

, with access by road to the southern side only available by bridges to some more outlying houses close to Margery Wood. The closest junction is Junction 8, which is the Reigate Hill interchange.

The nearest settlement is the village of Lower Kingswood

Lower Kingswood

Lower Kingswood is a small village located in Surrey, just within the M25 motorway. It is between Kingswood and Reigate, and is bisected by the A217 dual carriageway...

. Other nearby settlements include the hamlet of Mogador

Mogador, Surrey

Mogador is a hamlet in the Reigate and Banstead district, in the English county of Surrey. It is located close to the top of the north-facing dip slope of the North Downs. The hamlet is located on both the northern and southern sides of the M25 motorway, with the main road bridging the motorway...

, the villages of Kingswood, Tadworth

Tadworth

Tadworth is a large suburban village in Surrey, on the south-east slope of Epsom Downs. It forms part of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead. The census area Tadworth and Walton has a population of 7,016. Neighbouring settlements include Walton-on-the-Hill, Kingswood, Epsom, Burgh Heath, Banstead,...

 and Walton-on-the-Hill

Walton-on-the-Hill

Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, is a village in England, situated midway between Reigate and Epsom, just inside the M25 orbital motorway around London. It is situated close to the larger village of Tadworth. Other neighbouring villages include: Kingswood, Burgh Heath, Headley and Box Hill...

, and the town of Reigate

Reigate

Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. It is one of the main constituents of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead...

. The area surrounding the hamlet is a mixture of farmland

Farmland

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 and common land

Common land

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, with Reigate Hill to the south being National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

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 land. Other common land areas closeby include Walton Heath and the Buckland Hills. The North Downs Way

North Downs Way

The North Downs Way is a long-distance path in southern England, opened in 1978. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Godalming, Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Kent Downs AONB.East of Boughton Lees, the path splits...

passes immediately to the south of the hamlet.