Borough of Waverley
| Borough of Waverley | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Waverley shown within Surrey |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Surrey |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Godalming |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Waverley Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Jeremy Hunt Anne Milton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133.3 sq mi (345.2 km2) |
| Area rank | 123rd (of 326) Highest point = Gibbet Hill, Hindhead |
| Population (mid-2014 est.) | |
| • Total | 122,860 |
| • Rank | 179th (of 326) |
| • Density | 920/sq mi (360/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 97.4% White |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BSTa (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 43UL (ONS) E07000216 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SU9660743750 |
| Website | www |
The Borough of Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, with Farnham (2001 Census Pop. 37,055) and Haslemere (2001 Census Pop. 15,612) being the other large notable towns.
Waverley neighbours the boroughs of Guildford and Mole Valley in Surrey, and the counties of West Sussex and Hampshire. The borough is named after Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. The borough in the north contains Blackheath Common an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Waverley is a Wealden (meaning wooded) borough, bounded to the north by the Hog's Back section of the North Downs and by the Greensand Ridge. It has the most green space in absolute terms in Surrey at 293.1 km² according to the central government-compiled Generalised Land Use database of January 2005, approximately half of which is woodland.[1]
Much of the west of the borough echoes former ownership by the abbey, such as Waverley Cricket Club and the Waverley Arms pubs in Farnham and elsewhere.[2] Equally echoed are the tens of square miles held under Farnham holding of the Bishop of Winchester which took in the western parishes of Frensham and Churt as well as much of Farnham parish since the early 12th century when one such Bishop, Henry of Winchester and of Blois established Farnham Castle as the See's episcopal home but which is today the borough's main surviving castle and a museum to the period.
Politics
The district was formed on 1 April 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 5 May 2011 borough elections produced 56 Conservative seats and 1 Independent.[3]
Twinning
Mayen-Koblenz in Germany dates from 1977.[4]
Civil parishes
Waverley is entirely divided into civil parishes.[5]
- Alfold
- Bramley
- Busbridge
- Chiddingfold
- Churt
- Cranleigh
- Dockenfield
- Dunsfold
- Elstead
- Ewhurst
- Farnham
- Frensham
- Godalming
- Hambledon
- Hascombe
- Haslemere
- Peper Harow
- Thursley
- Tilford
- Witley
- Wonersh
See also
References
- ↑ Physical Environment: Land Use Statistics. (2011 census and 2001 census) Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ Waverley Cricket Club official website
- ↑ [1] retrieved 27/5/11
- ↑ Waverley twinning info
- ↑ Surrey County Council
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