Pirbright

Pirbright
Village and civil parish
Statue near Pirbright village hall
The Basingstoke Canal divides the communities of Pirbright
Pirbright is located in Surrey
Pirbright
Pirbright
Location within Surrey
Area19.01 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population3,691 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density194/km2 (500/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU950550
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWoking
Postcode districtGU24
Dialling code01483
PoliceSurrey
FireSurrey
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Surrey
51°17′10″N 0°38′20″W / 51.286°N 0.639°W / 51.286; -0.639

Pirbright (/ˈpɜːrbrt/) is a village in Surrey, England. Pirbright is in the borough of Guildford and has a civil parish council covering the traditional boundaries of the area. Pirbright contains one buffered sub-locality, Stanford Common near the nation's farm animal disease research institute. The village's grade II* listed medieval church has a large Boulder grave for explorer Henry Morton Stanley. The nearby section of Hodge Brook is also known as the Congo Stream, between Ruwenzori Hills and Stanley Pool.

  1. ^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. ^ "Pirbright Parish Council - Home". Parish-council.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.