Hindhead

Hindhead is a village in the Waverley district of the county of , England. It is the highest village in the county and its buildings are between 185 metres and 253 metres above sea level.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Undershaw and Gibbet Hill.

Building
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is a former residence of the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The house was built for Doyle at his order to accommodate his wife's health requirements, and is where he lived with his family from 1897 to 1907.

Peak
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, at Hindhead, Surrey, England, is the apex of the scarp surrounding the , not far from the A3 London to Portsmouth road. The road used to follow the lower contours of the hill, but it has been diverted through the Hindhead Tunnel and the earlier route returned to nature.

School
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St Edmund's School is a coeducational nursery, pre-prep, preparatory and senior school in Hindhead, Surrey, around 10.5 miles south-west from the town of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devil’s Punch Bowl and Grayshott.

Locality
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The Devil's Punch Bowl is a 282.2-hectare visitor attraction and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest situated just to the east of the village of Hindhead in the English county of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of , England. It is on the / border 4 miles northwest of by road, and 46 miles southwest of central London.

Village
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, while administratively and ecclesiastically part of Hindhead, , is a discrete settlement with its own history, amenities and character.

Hindhead

Latitude
51.1133° or 51° 6′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.73327° or 0° 43′ 60″ west
Population
6,190
Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HHD
Open location code
9C3X4778+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262738
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2646863
Wiki­data ID
Q3034872
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Hindhead” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hindhead”
  • Bulgarian: “Хиндхеад”
  • Cebuano: “Hindhead”
  • Chinese: “欣德黑德”
  • Dutch: “Hindhead”
  • French: “Hindhead”
  • Hebrew: “הינדהד”
  • Irish: “Hindhead”
  • Italian: “Hindhead”
  • Japanese: “ヒンドヘッド”
  • Persian: “هایندهد”
  • Polish: “Hindhead”
  • Russian: “Хиндхед”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هایندهد”
  • Swedish: “Hindhead”
  • Urdu: “ہنڈہیڈ”
  • Welsh: “Hindhead”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hindhead Post Office and Hindhead House.

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