Hindhead
Hindhead is a town in Surrey, England. It is the highest possible village in Surrey, with structures at between 185 and also 253 metres above water level. It is best referred to as the location of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot as well as site of special scientific interest, and as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a formerly infamous congestion spot, where the A3 between Portsmouth as well as London was crossed by the A287 between Hook and Haslemere. The A3 now passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and its path along the Punch Bowl has actually been removed as well as landscaped, yet the crossroads still exists for regional 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, and types part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, that includes Beacon Hill, had a population of 3,874 at the 2001 census, raising to a population of 4,292 at the 2011 Census. The place-name "Hindhead" is first testified in 1571, and means "hillside frequented by hinds", or female deer.