Effingham

Effingham is a village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, reaching from the gently sloping northern plain to the crest of the North Downs and with a medieval parish church.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horsley railway station and West Horsley Place.

Horsley railway station

Railway station

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Horsley railway station is located in the village of East Horsley in Surrey, England. It is 22 miles 16 chains down the line from London Waterloo, and also serves the village of West Horsley, as well as the nearby villages of Ockham and Ripley.

West Horsley Place is a Grade I listed building dating back to the 15th century, located in West Horsley to the east of Guildford in Surrey, England. It is best known as the filming location for the BBC series Ghosts.

Effingham Junction railway station

Railway station

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Effingham Junction railway station is just north of the far northern border of the village of Effingham, closer to the centre of East Horsley, homes of which it borders, in Surrey, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leatherhead and Dorking.

Leatherhead

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England, about 17 mi south of Central London. The settlement grew up beside a ford on the River Mole, from which its name is thought to derive.

Dorking

Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dorking is a small market town in central Surrey, surrounded by the Surrey Hills. The town is surrounded on three sides by the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is close to Box Hill and Leith Hill.

Great Bookham

Village

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.

Great Bookham is a village in the Mole Valley district, in Surrey, England, one of six semi-urban spring line settlements between the towns of Leatherhead and Guildford.

Effingham

Type: Locality
Location: Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2666° or 51° 15′ 60″ north

Longitude

-0.4061° or 0° 24′ 22″ west

Elevation

302 feet (92 metres)

Open location code

9C3X7H8V+JH

GeoNames ID

7301601

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