"close surroundings" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a person's nearby environment. For example: She was soothed by the peacefulness of the close surroundings.
In its architecture, the church closely resembles other medieval religious buildings in its close surroundings, most notably the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Asen's Fortress south of Asenovgrad and the ossuary of the Bachkovo Monastery.
In his experience, the habits that most frequently cause disputes in such close surroundings have to do with noise, smoking and other odors.
During some climatic moments of Mozart's dramatic concert aria "Bella mia fiamma, addio!" Ms. Savoy's full-voiced singing sounded hard-edged, though that may have resulted from the close surroundings and bright acoustics of the Morgan's intimate Gilder Lehrman Hall.
Exerted pressure from the important people and close surroundings do affect the decision-making process.
The image reveals higher concentration of C60 at the dendrite and low C60 Raman signal in its close surroundings.
The stations have been selected in response to their locations within the basin and/or close surroundings with the basin.
And in a slightly more intimate interplay with closer surroundings, Ms. Woodman (1958-81), her crouching nude body camouflaged by a piece of torn wallpaper, puts her hands yearningly against a wall as if she would be part of it (1976).
This link between the individual and the perceptions of the close social surroundings will be investigated in terms of how group concepts of alcohol norms, shame and support are relevant for the rural, Sri Lankan setting.
And then suddenly, just before the Lincoln Tunnel, that ordinariness ends, and you're in jostling, close-up surroundings about to become New York.
There are glimpses of the wonder and close examination of surroundings that such an excursion could provoke.
In close and hectic surroundings, they were examined by a succession of experts -- the pathologist, the forensic dentist, the fingerprint analyst, the DNA specialist -- all in search of something distinguishable, from an inscribed wedding ring to a set of genetic markers.
