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The Tandridge District is a local government district in Surrey, England containing part of the North Downs, part of the Weald and the towns of Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Godstone and Lingfield. The area has several woodlands and some open heathland. Elevations range from 267m (876 ft) at Botley Hill, North Downs to 42m (138 ft) above sea level near Edenbridge. The district council offices are in Oxted, the second largest settlement in the district.
The district is named after a hillside village and slope on the south slope of the North Downs, Tandridge. The early local government Tandridge Hundred of Surrey covered roughly the same area. Through the 19th century, the districts named "hundreds" lost relevance and urban and rural districts replaced any remaining functions in 1894.
The district municipality was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Caterham and Warlingham Urban District along with Godstone Rural District.
The map illustrates the civil parishes before the advent of the district municipality. Since 1974 Caterham has been broken into Caterham on the Hill, Caterham Valley and Whyteleafe; Burstow and Nutfield have been reduced in size to create Outwood; Horne was reduced to create Felbridge in 1953; and Lingfield's new boundaries are closer to the village itself with the remainder of the old parish now being named Dormansland.
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