Sand Pit
Sand Pit is a quarry in Ewhurst, Waverley District, England. Sand Pit is situated nearby to the peak Pitch Hill, as well as near the forest The Warren.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mullard Space Science Laboratory and Winterfold House.
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
University
Photo: John Barrett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory is the United Kingdom's largest university space research group. MSSL is part of the Department of Space and Climate Physics at University College London, one of the first universities in the world to conduct space research. Mullard Space Science Laboratory is situated 1½ miles east of Sand Pit.
Winterfold House
Building
Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterfold House, between Cranleigh and Peaslake, is one of the few private country properties to be designed by London architect Edward Blakeway I'Anson, F.R.I.B.A, M.A. Winterfold House is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Sand Pit.
Holmbury Hill
Peak
Photo: Frege100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holmbury Hill is a wooded area of 261 metres above sea level in Surrey, England, and the site of an Iron Age-period hillfort. The Old Saxon word "holm" can be translated as hill and "bury" means fortified place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmbury St Mary and Farley Green.
Holmbury St Mary
Village
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holmbury St Mary is a village in Surrey, England centered on shallow upper slopes of the Greensand Ridge. Its developed area is a nucleated village, 4.5 miles southwest of Dorking and 8 miles southeast of Guildford. Holmbury St Mary is situated 2 miles northeast of Sand Pit.
Farley Green
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Farley Green is a small hamlet of Albury in the Greensand Ridge where it forms the south of the Surrey Hills AONB, to the south east of Guildford. Farley Green is situated 2 miles northwest of Sand Pit.
Sutton Abinger
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abinger is a large, well-wooded and mostly rural civil parish that lies between the settlements of Dorking, Shere and Ewhurst in the district of Mole Valley, Surrey, England. Sutton Abinger is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sand Pit.
Sand Pit
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Ewhurst, Waverley District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.17284° or 51° 10′ 22″ northLongitude
-0.45525° or 0° 27′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3X5GFV+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 4879489OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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