Waverley, Surrey

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Borough of Waverley

Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status: Borough
Region: South East England
Admin. County: Surrey
Area:
- Total Ranked 139th
345.17 km²
Admin. HQ: Godalming
ONS code: 43UL
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2004 est.)
- Density Ranked {{English district rank

/ km²
Ethnicity: 97.4% White
Politics

Waverley Borough Council
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs: Jeremy Hunt, Anne Milton
Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, although the largest town is Farnham. The borough’s other town is Haslemere, which has about the same population as the village of Cranleigh.

Borough of Waverley
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 139th 345.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Godalming
ONS code:	43UL
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked {{English district rank / km²
Ethnicity:	97.4% White
Politics
Waverley Borough Council http://www.waverley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Jeremy Hunt, Anne Milton

Waverley neighbours the boroughs of Guildford and Mole Valley in Surrey, and the counties of West Sussex and Hampshire.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Godalming, with Farnham and Haslemere urban districts and Hambledon Rural District.

The borough is named for Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. The borough also contains Blackheath Common an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog’s Back section of the North Downs. It is one of the most heavily wooded boroughs in England.

Waverley is entirely divided into civil parishes.

Alfold
Bramley
Busbridge
Chiddingfold
Churt
Cranleigh
Dockenfield
Dunsfold
Elstead
Ewhurst
Farnham (town)
Frensham
Godalming (town)
Hambledon
Hascombe
Haslemere (town)
Peper Harow
Thursley
Tilford
Witley
Wonersh

Generally each civil parish is named after the largest settlement within its area. Other settlements include:

Farncombe in Godalming
Hindhead in Haslemere
Milford, Wormley and Brook, all in Witley
Wrecclesham, Rowledge and Hale, all in Farnham
Ellen's Green in Ewhurst
Shamley Green in Wonersh
Rowly in Cranleigh
Thornecombe Street in Bramley

Districts of South East England
Adur \| Arun \| Ashford \| Aylesbury Vale \| Basingstoke and Deane \| Bracknell Forest \| Brighton & Hove \| Canterbury \| Cherwell \| Chichester \| Chiltern \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Eastbourne \| East Hampshire \| Eastleigh \| Elmbridge \| Epsom and Ewell \| Fareham \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Hart \| Hastings \| Havant \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Lewes \| Maidstone \| Medway \| Mid Sussex \| Milton Keynes \| Mole Valley \| New Forest \| Oxford \| Portsmouth \| Reading \| Reigate and Banstead \| Rother \| Runnymede \| Rushmoor \| Sevenoaks \| Shepway \| Slough \| Southampton \| South Bucks \| South Oxfordshire \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Swale \| Tandridge \| Test Valley \| Thanet \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Vale of White Horse \| Waverley \| Wealden \| West Berkshire \| West Oxfordshire \| Winchester \| Windsor and Maidenhead \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing \| Wycombe
Counties with multiple districts: Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - East Sussex - Hampshire - Kent - Oxfordshire - Surrey - West Sussex

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