Editing Reigate (section)

===Location and topography===
Reigate is in central [[Surrey]], around {{cvt|18.94|mi|km|adj=ri0|0}} south of central London and {{cvt|9|mi|km}} north of [[Gatwick Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.reigate.ac.uk/job-vacancies/about-reigate-and-orientation/ |title= About Reigate |publisher= Reigate College |access-date= 21 June 2023 }}</ref> The town is in the [[Vale of Holmesdale]], below the [[North Downs]] escarpment. The average elevation in the centre is {{cvt|80|m|ft}} above [[ordnance datum]] (OD) and the area is drained by the Wallace Brook and its tributaries, which feed the [[River Mole]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Reigate Conservation Area appraisal |url= https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2294/reigate_conservation_area_character_appraisal_-_draft.pdf |date= February 2015 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 21 June 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230621143636/https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2294/reigate_conservation_area_character_appraisal_-_draft.pdf |archive-date=  21 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mole-catchment-abstraction-licensing-strategy |title= Mole Abstraction licensing strategy |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2013 |publisher= Environment Agency |access-date= 27 April 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190723221117/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mole-catchment-abstraction-licensing-strategy |archive-date= 23 July 2019 |url-status= live }}</ref>