Chipstead | |
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The upper Chipstead Valley, Chipstead from Banstead Wood. | |
Location within Surrey | |
Area | 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
Population | 3,136 (2011 census)[1] |
• Density | 327/km2 (850/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TQ278569 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Coulsdon |
Postcode district | CR5 |
Dialling code | 01737 |
Police | Surrey |
Fire | Surrey |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Chipstead is a predominantly commuter village in the Reigate and Banstead district, in north-east Surrey, England, that has been a small ecclesiastical parish since the Domesday Survey of 1086. Its rolling landscape meant that Chipstead's development was late and restricted compared to parishes of comparable distance from London. Formerly and formally including Hooley and Netherne-on-the-Hill, on census day, 1831 Chipstead had 66 homes. Today, excluding those two parts, the village has 1,212 homes spread across the slopes and crests of a northern section of the North Downs. Parts of the village are in or adjoin the Surrey Hills AONB.