Tilford

Tilford
Tilford Green and Lutyens' Tilford Institute
Tilford Green and the Barley Mow pub, 2007
Tilford is located in Surrey
Tilford
Tilford
Location within Surrey
Area9.87 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population799 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU875434
Civil parish
  • Tilford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFarnham
Postcode districtGU10
Dialling code01252
PoliceSurrey
FireSurrey
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°10′59″N 0°44′53″W / 51.183°N 0.748°W / 51.183; -0.748

Tilford is a village and civil parish centred at the point where the two branches of the River Wey merge in Surrey, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Farnham. It has half of Charleshill, Elstead in its east, a steep northern outcrop of the Greensand Ridge at Crooksbury Hill on Crooksbury Common in the north and Farnham Common (woodland) Nature Reserve in the west, which has the Rural Life Living Museum. As the Greensand Ridge in its western section is in two parts, the Greensand Way has a connecting spur here to its main route running east–west to the south.