Peaslake
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Peaslake, Hoe, and '''Colman's Hill''' are in the centre of the Surrey Hills National Landscape and mid-west of the Greensand Ridge about ESE of Guildford. Surrounded by denser pine and other coniferous forest-clad hills, the three conjoined settlements have a small core in Peaslake itself with the amenities of a village, but are otherwise lightly scattered settlements at a higher elevation than the centre of Shere, the civil parish.
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- History
- Geography
- Hurtwood
- Amenities
- Place of worship
- School
- Hotel
- Demography
- Public transport
- Notable residents
- In literature
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Peaslake, Hoe, and '''Colman's Hill''' are in the centre of the Surrey Hills National Landscape and mid-west of the Greensand Ridge about ESE of Guildford. Surrounded by denser pine and other coniferous forest-clad hills, the three conjoined settlements have a small core in Peaslake itself with the amenities of a village, but are otherwise lightly scattered settlements at a higher elevation than the centre of Shere, the civil parish.
The area referred to by the 2011 census covers . Friends of the Hurtwood maintains and coppices of surrounding forest, the Hurtwood, which comprises: Holmbury Hill, Pitch Hill, Winterfold, Shere Heath, Farley Heath and part of Blackheath Common. It is in the civil parish of Shere.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peaslake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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