Hindhead is a town in Surrey, England. It is the highest village in Surrey, with structures at in between 185 as well as 253 metres above water level. It is best known as the area of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and site of special scientific interest, and also as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a previously notorious blockage area, where the A3 in between Portsmouth and also London was crossed by the A287 between Hook as well as Haslemere. The A3 now passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel as well as its path along the Punch Bowl has actually been removed and landscaped, but 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 border with the region of Hampshire. It is a ward within the area of Waverley, and also kinds part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, that includes Beacon Hill, had a population of 3,874 at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 4,292 at the 2011 Census. The place-name "Hindhead" is first proved in 1571, and also implies "hill frequented by hinds", or female deer.