Gibbet Hill

Gibbet Hill, at , 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 892 feet
  • Description: hill near Hindhead, in Surrey, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Gibbet Hill, Hindhead”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Sailor’s Stone and Undershaw.

Memorial
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a memorial.

Building
Photo: Prspiring, Public domain.
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.

School
was a British independent boarding school for girls aged between 11 and 18 which was founded in 1947 and which closed in 2008 after 61 years' operation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devil’s Punch Bowl and Hindhead.

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 in the English county of .

Village
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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.

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.

Gibbet Hill

Latitude
51.11545° or 51° 6′ 56″ north
Longitude
-0.71584° or 0° 42′ 57″ west
Elevation
892 feet (272 metres)
Open location code
9C3X478M+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262682
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2648686
Wiki­data ID
Q5558875
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gibbet Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gibbet Hill”
  • Dutch: “Gibbet Hill, Hindhead”
  • Dutch: “Gibbet Hill”
  • Swedish: “Gibbet Hill (kulle i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Gibbet Hill”

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Notable Places Nearby

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