Hindhead
Hindhead shown within Surrey
Population	4,685[1]
OS grid reference	SU886360
District	Waverley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hindhead
Postcode district	GU26
Dialling code	01428
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	South West Surrey
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°07′02″N 0°44′05″W / 51.1172, -0.7348 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 709 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1275 × 1078 pixel, file size: 253 KB, MIME type: image/png) Surrey outline, showing motorways and urban areas. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Constituent countries is a phrase used, often by official institutions, in contexts in which a number of countries make up a larger entity or grouping; thus the OECD has used the phrase in reference to the former Yugoslavia[1], the Soviet Union and European institutions such as the Council of... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The GU postcode area, also known as the Guildford postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Aldershot, Alton, Bagshot, Bordon, Camberley, Cranleigh, Farnborough, Farnham, Fleet, Godalming, Guildford, Haslemere, Hindhead, Lightwater, Liphook, Liss, Midhurst, Petersfield, Petworth, Sandhurst, Virginia Water, Windlesham, Woking and Yateley in England. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... Surrey Police is the Home Office police force the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Chief Constable Bob Quick and has its headquarters at Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey. ... A Fire Appliance belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational... The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statuory fire & rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... As of 1st July the NHS Ambulance Services Trusts of Kent, Surrey and Sussex are being joined together to form a new South East Coast Ambulance Service . ... The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... South West Surrey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places within counties List of places in Bedfordshire List of places in Berkshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of places in Cambridgeshire List of places in Cheshire List of places in Cleveland List of places... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Surrey, England. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Hindhead is a village on the A3 in Surrey, about 10 miles south-west of Guildford. Neighbouring settlements include Haslemere, Grayshott and Beacon Hill. Liphook is the next major town southwards on the A3. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... The A3 is a trunk road in Southern England, connecting London to Portsmouth. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... , For other places with the same name, see Guildford (disambiguation). ... Haslemere is a town in Surrey in southern England, with a population of nearly 14,000. ... Grayshott is a small village located exactly on the Hampshire / Surrey border, approximately one hour by road from central London, England. ... Beacon Hill is a name shared by many hills, suburbs, villages and other places around the world. ... Liphook is a large village in Hampshire, England. ... The A3 is a trunk road in Southern England, connecting London to Portsmouth. ...

The village has been blighted for years by heavy traffic, and is now the only place on the A3 route that has not been bypassed. Detailed design of a tunnel to bypass the village has been completed; construction work began on 8 January 2007. This £371 million project will remove the A3 from both Hindhead and the nearby Devil's Punch Bowl. The scheme consists of a 6.5km dual two-lane highway and includes a 1.8km twin-bore tunnel, which will be the longest non-estuarial tunnel in the UK. The target completion date for the project is 2011.^[2] January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Devils Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre, and a popular beauty spot near Hindhead, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Near Hindhead is the Devil's Punch Bowl, a site of special scientific interest. This area was notorious in times past for highwaymen and lawlessness and was only "tamed" in the 19th Century when the London to Portsmouth railway line removed much of the freight being transported by road. Gibbet Hill above the Devil's Punch Bowl is where murderers and robbers were hung in chains to warn others. The Devils Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre, and a popular beauty spot near Hindhead, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...

George Bernard Shaw, playwright, lived in Hindhead at the current site of St. Edmund's School (Hindhead). Whilst Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived at Undershaw (which became a hotel and restaurant on the A3, now closed). George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... St. ... // Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. ...

See also

• Hindhead Tunnel

References

External links

• Highways Agency A3 Hindhead improvement
• Hilltop Writers, a Victorian Colony among the Surrey Hills — documenting 66 authors who lived in and around Hindhead at the end of the Victorian era