Hindhead
Hindhead is a town in Surrey, England. It is the highest possible village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 and also 253 metres over water level. It is best called the place of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and site of special scientific interest, and as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a formerly notorious blockage place, where the A3 between Portsmouth and also London was crossed by the A287 between Hook and also Haslemere. The A3 currently passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and also its course along the Punch Bowl has actually been gotten rid of and also landscaped, but the crossroads still exists for local website traffic. Hindhead is centred 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) south-west of Guildford, the county town of Surrey, on the boundary with the county of Hampshire. It is a ward within the area 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 indicates "hill often visited by hinds", or female deer.
