Hog’s Back
The Hog's Back is a hilly ridge, part of the North Downs in Surrey, England. It runs between Farnham in the west and Guildford in the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 479 feet
- Description: hill in Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hogs Back”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greyfriars and Watts Gallery.
Greyfriars
Event venue
Photo: Maypm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greyfriars is a Grade II* listed house located on the Hog's Back, in the civil parish of Wanborough, in Surrey, England. It was built in 1896 for the novelist and playwright Julian Sturgis and was designed by the arts and crafts architect C.F.A.
Watts Gallery
Museum
Photo: Fsalino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village is an art gallery in the village of Compton, near Guildford in Surrey. It is dedicated to the work of the Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts.
Watts Cemetery Chapel
Church
Photo: Wyrdlight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Watts Cemetery Chapel or Watts Mortuary Chapel is a chapel in a Modern Style version of Celtic Revival in the village cemetery of Compton in Surrey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Compton and Wood Street Village.
Compton
Village
Photo: Ainslie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is about 3 miles WSW of the centre of Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection with fine art and pottery: it was the later life home of artist George Frederic Watts.
Wood Street Village
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wood Street Village is a clustered and linear village in Surrey, England with a village green, buffered by Metropolitan Green Belt on all sides. It is centred 3 miles west of Guildford and is part of the civil parish of Worplesdon, as well as continuing to be served semi-dependently as a chapelry of the Church of England.
Onslow Village
Suburb
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 151,359 inhabitants in 2024.
Hog’s Back
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.22664° or 51° 13′ 36″ northLongitude
-0.64275° or 0° 38′ 34″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Open location code
9C3X69G4+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2099892892OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Hog’s Back” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hog’s Back”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Greyfriars Vineyard and Chalkpit Wood.
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