Capel, Surrey

Capel
Capel is located in Surrey
Capel
Capel
Location within Surrey
Area26.14 km2 (10.09 sq mi)
Population3,832 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density147/km2 (380/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ1740
Civil parish
  • Capel
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDorking
Postcode districtRH5
Dialling code01306
PoliceSurrey
FireSurrey
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°09′14″N 0°19′16″W / 51.154°N 0.321°W / 51.154; -0.321

Capel (/ˈkpəl/) is a village and civil parish in southern Surrey, England. It is equidistant between Dorking and Horsham – about 5 miles (8.0 km) away. Around Capel, to the west, skirts the A24 road. Capel is approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the West Sussex border, 26 miles (42 km) south of London and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Guildford[2] and is in the Mole Valley district. The village is in the north of a landscape called the Weald, meaning forest, which forms a significant minority of the land today, particularly towards the Greensand Ridge.