Shalford, Surrey

Shalford
Village
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Shalford
Shalford is located in Surrey
Shalford
Shalford
Location within Surrey
Area6.51 km2 (2.51 sq mi)
Population4,142 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density636/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ0046
Civil parish
  • Shalford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGuildford
Postcode districtGU4
Dialling code01483
PoliceSurrey
FireSurrey
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
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51°12′40″N 0°34′05″W / 51.211°N 0.568°W / 51.211; -0.568

Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford. It has a railway station which is between Guildford and Dorking on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line. In 2011 the parish had a population of 4,142.

It has one named locality, occupying the west of the area, Peasmarsh.

Shalford's village sign was designed by Christopher Webb and W H Randall Blacking in 1922, as part of a competition run by the Daily Mail. It shows Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child over a shallow ford.[2]

  1. ^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. ^ "Domain parking page".