Linchmere

Linchmere
Linchmere is located in West Sussex
Linchmere
Linchmere
Location within West Sussex
Area9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi) [1]
Population2,392. 2011 Census[2]
• Density246/km2 (640/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU869308
• London41 miles (66 km) NE
Civil parish
  • Linchmere
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHASLEMERE
Postcode districtGU27
Dialling code01428
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°04′15″N 0°45′36″W / 51.07091°N 0.75999°W / 51.07091; -0.75999

Linchmere, also spelled Lynchmere, is a village and a civil parish, the northernmost parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is between Haslemere and Liphook, south of the B2131 road. As well as Linchmere village, the parish contains the settlements of Hammer and Camelsdale.

Linchmere parish is bordered to the north by Haslemere in Surrey with a tributary of the River Wey as boundary, to the east by Fernhurst parish, to the south by Linch civil parish with the Shulbrede stream as boundary, and to the west by the civil parish of Bramshott in Hampshire.

In the 2001 census there were 836 households in the civil parish, with a total population of 2,225. The population in the 2011 Census had increased to 2,392.[2]

  1. ^ "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015.