Pewley Down

Pewley Down is a 9.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Guildford in Surrey, adjacent to Pewley Hill. It is owned and managed by Guildford Borough Council.

Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pewley Hill and Guildford Castle.

Pewley Hill

Peak

Pewley Hill is a hill, and a street so named, near Guildford in England. It links to the open space at Pewley Down and was used as the site of a semaphore station and a defensive fort in the nineteenth century.

Guildford Castle

Photo: SuzanneKn, Public domain.

Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror, or one of his barons, shortly after the 1066 invasion of England. Guildford Castle is situated 3,700 feet west of Pewley Down.

G Live

Theater building

Photo: Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0.

G Live is an arts centre in Guildford, Surrey, England. It was officially opened by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent in February 2012. G Live is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Pewley Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guildford and Shalford.

Guildford

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Guildford is a large town in Surrey in the South East of England. It has retained much of its historical charm. A short walk up the cobbled high street shows many buildings which are hundreds of years old.

Shalford

Village

Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.

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.

Merrow

Suburb

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Merrow is a suburb in the north-east of Guildford, in Surrey, England. It is 2 miles from the town's centre, on the edge of the ridge of hills that forms the North Downs.

Pewley Down

Type: Common land
Description: park and nature reserve in Guildford, UK
Categories: park, nature reserve, heath, and recreation area
Location: Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.23086° or 51° 13′ 51″ north

Longitude

-0.55722° or 0° 33′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C3X6CJV+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31661333

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=common

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

Wikidata ID

Q60740551

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