The Sands

The Sands is a hamlet in Seale and Sands, Guildford District, England. The Sands is situated nearby to the village Runfold, as well as near the hamlet Waverley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Church of the Good Shepherd and Soldier’s Ring hillfort.

The Church of the Good Shepherd

Church

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Soldier’s Ring hillfort

Archaeological site

Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Soldier’s Ring hillfort is an archaeological site.

Crooksbury Hill

Peak

Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Crooksbury Hill is a 17.2-hectare nature reserve within Puttenham and Crooksbury Commons east of Farnham in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Runfold and Compton.

Runfold

Village

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Runfold is a village in Surrey, U.K., about 2 mi ENE of Farnham. Runfold lies on the ancient trackway known as the Pilgrims' Way and on the former route of the A31 road, which has by-passed the village since the early 1990s.

Compton

Neighborhood

Photo: Weydonian, CC BY 3.0.

Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred 1 mile ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey which in part marks the northern boundary of the area together with the A31. Compton is situated 1½ miles west of The Sands.

Badshot Lea

Village

Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.

Badshot Lea is a village in Surrey, England, close to Aldershot. Badshot Lea has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. Badshot Lea is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Sands.

The Sands

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Seale and Sands, Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.21084° or 51° 12′ 39″ north

Longitude

-0.73888° or 0° 44′ 20″ west

Elevation

335 feet (102 metres)

Open location code

9C3X6766+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 301598772

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

10104846

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