Surrey
Waverley District
Farnham

Compton

Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred 1 mile ESE of in the Waverley district of , 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.
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Photo: Weydonian, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Neighborhood with 3,120 residents
  • Description: village in Waverley, Surrey, UK
  • Also known as: “Compton, Surrey” and “Compton, Waverley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moor Park and Waverley Abbey.

Garden
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a garden.

Photo: Mills77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was the first Cistercian abbey in , founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester. Located about 2 miles southeast of , , it is situated on a flood-plain; surrounded by current and previous channels of the .

School
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is a coeducational academy in , , . It is on two separate sites, with the infants' section for children aged 4–7 at the Bourne site in the Lower Bourne, and the junior section for children aged 7–11 at the main school site at Menin Way.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Runfold and Hale.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , , about 2 mi ENE of . 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.

Village
is a village in , England. It lies just north of , towards , with to the east. Some maps show Lower and Upper , but the area between the two is indistinct.

Village
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is a village in Surrey, England, close to . has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. is situated 1½ miles north of Compton.

Compton

Latitude
51.20936° or 51° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
-0.77418° or 0° 46′ 27″ west
Population
3,120
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
Open location code
9C3X665G+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 301597842
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
11071970
Wiki­data ID
Q5157135
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Compton” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Compton, Waverley”
  • French: “Compton (Waverley)”
  • French: “Compton”
  • Irish: “Compton”
  • Persian: “کمپتون، ویورلی”
  • Polish: “Compton (Waverley)”
  • Polish: “Compton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کمپتون، ویورلی”
  • Swedish: “Compton”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moor Park and St Polycarp’s Catholic Primary School, Farnham.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Compton”. Photo: Weydonian, CC BY 3.0.