The Slips
The Slips is an electrical substation in Godalming, Waverley District, England. The Slips is situated nearby to the pitch Farncombe Wanderers Cricket Club, as well as near the sports venue Godalming Leisure Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Farncombe railway station and Broadwater Park.
Farncombe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Farncombe railway station opened in 1897 as a minor stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line between Guildford and Godalming, England. It is said to have been built at the instigation of General Sir Frederick Marshall, a director of the London and South Western Railway Company, who lived nearby at Broadwater. Farncombe railway station is situated 1,400 feet southwest of The Slips.
Broadwater Park
Community center
Photo: Surrey101, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broadwater Park is a cricket ground during the summer, and football ground through winter, located in Farncombe, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1827, when the ground hosted a match between East and West Sussex. Broadwater Park is situated 890 feet east of The Slips.
St John the Evangelist Church
Church
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist Church is situated 1,600 feet southwest of The Slips.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farncombe and Compton.
Farncombe
Suburb
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Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands.
Compton
Village
Photo: Ainslie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is about 3 miles WSW of the centre of Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection with fine art and pottery: it was the later life home of artist George Frederic Watts. Compton is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Slips.
Shalford
Village
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Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford. It has a railway station which is between Guildford and Dorking on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line. Shalford is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Slips.
The Slips
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Godalming, Waverley District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19979° or 51° 11′ 59″ northLongitude
-0.60019° or 0° 36′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3X59XX+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 559494738
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