Churt | |
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Village and civil parish | |
The main street (A287) in Churt | |
The Crossways Inn in winter's snow | |
Location within Surrey | |
Area | 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
Population | 1,202 (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
• Density | 257/km2 (670/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SU8638 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Farnham |
Postcode district | GU10 |
Dialling code | 01252 and 01428 |
Police | Surrey |
Fire | Surrey |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Churt is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of the town of Farnham on the A287 road towards Hindhead. A clustered settlement is set in areas acting as its green buffers, which include the Devil's Jumps. The west of the village slopes down to the steep edge of Whitmore Vale, which is mostly in Headley, Hampshire; at the foot of this bank is a steeply cut brook which defines the Hampshire border. There are forests and heathland by and atop the Greensand Ridge, and the hamlet of Crosswater is in the north of the parish.