Hindhead
Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England. It is the highest possible town in Surrey, with structures at between 185 as well as 253 metres above sea level. It is best referred to as the area of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and also site of special scientific interest, and also as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a formerly well-known blockage place, where the A3 between Portsmouth and London was crossed by the A287 in between Hook and also Haslemere. The A3 now passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and also its path along the Punch Bowl has been eliminated and landscaped, but the crossroads still exists for neighborhood web traffic. Hindhead is centred 10.5 miles (16.9 km) south-west of Guildford, the county town of Surrey, on the boundary with the area of Hampshire. It is a ward within the district of Waverley, as well as forms part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, that includes Beacon Hill, had a population of 3,874 at the 2001 census, enhancing to a population of 4,292 at the 2011 Census. The place-name "Hindhead" is first attested in 1571, and also means "hill frequented by hinds", or women deer.
