Hindhead
Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England. It is the highest possible village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 and also 253 metres above sea level. It is best referred to as the location 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 previously well-known congestion area, where the A3 in between Portsmouth as well as London was crossed by the A287 in between Hook and Haslemere. The A3 now passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and its route along the Punch Bowl has been gotten rid of and landscaped, yet the crossroads still exists for regional website traffic. Hindhead is centred 10.5 miles (16.9 km) south-west of Guildford, the county town of Surrey, on the boundary with the region of Hampshire. It is a ward within the area of Waverley, and types part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, which 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 indicates "hill often visited by hinds", or women deer.
