Gibbet Hill
Gibbet Hill, at Hindhead, Surrey, England, is the apex of the scarp surrounding the Devil's Punch Bowl, 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.Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
- 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 The Royal School.
The Sailor’s Stone
Memorial
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sailor’s Stone is a memorial.
The Royal School
School
The Royal School, Haslemere was a private co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 10 to 18. The original Royal Naval School was founded for the daughters and sisters of Naval and Marine Officers in 1840.
Undershaw
Building
Photo: Prspiring, Public domain.
Undershaw 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Devil’s Punch Bowl and Hindhead.
Devil’s Punch Bowl
Locality
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Surrey.
Hindhead
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Hindhead is a village in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England. It is the highest village in the county and its buildings are between 185 metres and 253 metres above sea level.
Grayshott
Village
Photo: George R, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grayshott is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is on the Hampshire / Surrey border 4 miles northwest of Haslemere by road, and 46 miles southwest of central London.
Gibbet Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Thursley, Waverley District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11545° or 51° 6′ 56″ northLongitude
-0.71584° or 0° 42′ 57″ westElevation
892 feet (272 metres)Open location code
9C3X478M+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 262682OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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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