Hindhead
Hindhead is a town in Surrey, England. It is the highest village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 and 253 metres over sea level. It is best known as the area 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 previously well-known congestion area, where the A3 between Portsmouth as well as London was crossed by the A287 between Hook and also Haslemere. The A3 currently passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel as well as its route along the Punch Bowl has been removed and also landscaped, but the crossroads still exists for regional website traffic. Hindhead is centred 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) south-west of Guildford, the county town of Surrey, on the border with the county of Hampshire. It is a ward within the district of Waverley, and also types part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, which includes Beacon Hill, had a population of 3,874 at the 2001 census, boosting to a population of 4,292 at the 2011 Census. The place-name "Hindhead" is first attested in 1571, as well as means "hillside frequented by hinds", or female deer.