Mercers Lake — Attraction in Tandridge

Enjoy a nice lakeside trail around Mercers Lake on this short walk in Redhill. There's a nice surfaced trail running round the water for just over a mile. Just to the west of the lake there's also two smaller lakes at Holmethorpe Lagoons, part of the Nutfield Marsh Nature Reserve. The reserve is a great place for wildlife watching with tufted duck, gadwall, little grebes, coot, moorhens and greylag geese to look out for on the water. There's also lots of pretty wildflowers such as meadows cowslip and trefoil, oxeye...

Mercers lake is very deep and cold as it was a quarry. There is properly organised boating run by qualified people. The water is dangerous and someone died swimming alone in it recently but a great place if used properly. Fantastic walking tracks all around and fishing is allowed (by permit only) . There is some parking, a cafe and a pub (Thebinn on the pond) not far away and all within 2 mile walk from Redhill...

My £100 shoes got thrown in the lake I asked them to get then they said no because all the boats where locked up. My shoes could of been saved so the next day I went there and they couldn’t find my shoes why because they had sunken and I also I asked what if someone was drowning would you get the boats out their answer was “no we would called the police or fire house” they would of been dead...