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I thought they might but I've just confirmed that Nirvana Cycles, which is only a couple of miles or so from Dorking Station (probably accessable by bus) does MTB hire.
https://www.nirvanacycles.com/bike-hire
Mind you having seen what Nirvana are hiring out for £45 per day:
Our bikes are the 2022 Cube Aim Race (RRP £649)
I think I would hire one of their bikes just to pedal over to Peaslake and hire one of these!
Specialized Full Suspension Carbon MTB: From £45
Something I don’t think anyone else has mentioned, but if the weather is looking good for the time you’re there, then The Shard is well worth a visit. I went up to London for a weekend for a gig at the Roundhouse, and visited two places I’d wanted to see for some time. After booking into my B&B I went up to Highgate cemetery and spent the afternoon wandering around, then walked back to the Roundhouse, then booked out the next morning, walked across Hyde Park, (my B&B was just on the north side), tubed over to Borough Market and had lunch in a pub there, then walked over to the Shard. I’d booked ahead, and the ticket was supposed to be for 30 minutes, like the London Eye, but nobody was checking times, so I was up on the two viewing floors for at least an hour. The weather was superb, and the views better than anywhere else in London, ‘cos you’re 1000 feet up!
Of course, the weather has to be good, ‘cos at that altitude, you can be in the clouds otherwise!
All of the Kensington museums are worth visiting, Natural History being my fave, but Science is also great. V&A if you're an arty type :p .
British museum if you want to see all the stuff our ancestors stole from around the world.
Old Operating Theatre and the Clink are worth a visit.
If you can get in, and it's still on, the Infinity Rooms exhibition at the Tate is well worth it.
If you can't get into the bar at the Sky Garden, the Hilton round the corner has a Roof top bar with views of the Tower and there's another rooftop garden a bit further down Fenchurch Street, but I forget the name.
Of course, the weather has to be good, ‘cos at that altitude, you can be in the clouds otherwise!
It's June in the UK, what could possibly go wrong!
Patisserie Sainte Anne
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XcHgZpots3Tzc8wB6?g_st=ic
Only get the Kouign Amann.
Climbing walls in Hammersmith and Westfield too.
Nice pubs on the river front by Hammersmith Bridge if it’s sunny.
Don't forget any rental bikes will have the brakes the "wrong way round"...😄
It’s June in the UK, what could possibly go wrong!
Or July, or August…
I went to the Air Tattoo at Fairford one year, which nearly always falls on my birthday in July, I treated myself to a present, a sheepskin flying jacket, which I wore the rest of the day, ‘cos it was so damp and cold!
The photos above I took in August. Like I said, check the week ahead forecast.
As your looking at some historical places
Have a look at Wilton’s music hall, it’s an extremely sympathetically preserved Victorian old music hall, often you can just grab a drink in the bar & have a wander round.
https://wiltons.org.uk/eat-drink
Truman’s old brewery on brick lane is worth a hour or so wandering round, save room for some traditional London fast food, a Salt Beef Beigel at the Brick Lane “Beigel Bake” (there’s two you want the white & blue fronted one, not the orange fronted ‘Beigel Shop’) kinda like London’s Katz’s deli.
Look up “London Walks” - guided tours. We lived in London for years and still enjoy those.