Hindhead
Hindhead is a town in Surrey, England. It is the highest possible village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 as well as 253 metres over water level. It is best known as the place of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and also site of special scientific interest, and as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a formerly infamous congestion place, where the A3 between Portsmouth and London was crossed by the A287 in between Hook as well as Haslemere. The A3 currently passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and also its course along the Punch Bowl has been removed as well as landscaped, yet the crossroads still exists for regional web traffic. Hindhead is centred 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) south-west of Guildford, the county town of Surrey, on the border with the region of Hampshire. It is a ward within the district of Waverley, and also types part of the civil parish of Haslemere. The ward, that 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 proved in 1571, as well as implies "hillside frequented by hinds", or female deer.
