| Borough of Waverley | |
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 Shown within Surrey |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. County: | Surrey |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 139th 345.17 km² |
| Admin. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ: | Godalming |
| ONS code: | 43UL |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est. Godalming is a town in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, seven kilometres (four miles south of Guildford. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ) - Density |
Ranked 176th 116,800 338 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 4% White |
| Politics | |
 Waverley Borough Council http://www.waverley.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Jeremy Hunt, Anne Milton |
Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons Jeremy Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is the Conservative MP for South West Surrey and Shadow Secretary of State for Anne Frances Milton (born Anne Turner 3 November 1955 is a British nurse and politician who has been the Conservative MP for Guildford since Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, although the largest town is Farnham. Godalming is a town in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, seven kilometres (four miles south of Guildford. Farnham is a Town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The borough’s other town is Haslemere, which has about the same population as the village of Cranleigh. Haslemere is a town in Surrey, England, close to the border with both Hampshire and West Sussex. Cranleigh is a large village proclaimed the largest in England, and is situated 8 miles south east of Godalming in Surrey.
Waverley neighbours the boroughs of Guildford and Mole Valley in Surrey, and the counties of West Sussex and Hampshire. Civil parishes These are Abinger Betchworth Brockham Buckland Capel Settlements Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23 corridor Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain The borough is named for Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian Abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The borough also contains Blackheath Common an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Blackheath Common is an area of of heathland in Surrey, England, near the village of Albury in the borough of Waverley. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland
Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog’s Back section of the North Downs. The Weald (wɪəld is the name given to a physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel Chalk Escarpments of the North The Hog's Back is the name given to that part of the North Downs in Surrey, England between Farnham Surrey in the west and Guildford The North Downs are a ridge of Chalk hills in south east England that stretch for 120 miles (190 km from Farnham in Surrey to the White It is one of the most heavily wooded boroughs in England. It takes its name from Waverley Abbey, whose ruins are within the district (as does local wandering side Waverley Cricket Club, who have used the name 'Waverley' since 1952[1]). Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian Abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester
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Politics
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Godalming, with Farnham and Haslemere urban districts and Hambledon Rural District. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area
The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 51 Conservative seats, 3 Liberal Democrat seats and 3 Independent. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the [2]
Twinning
Mayen-Koblenz in Germany dates from 1977. Mayen-Koblenz is a district ( Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. [3]
Civil parishes
Waverley is entirely divided into civil parishes. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. [4]
- Alfold
- Bramley
- Busbridge
- Chiddingfold
- Churt
- Cranleigh
- Dockenfield
- Dunsfold
- Elstead
- Ewhurst
- Farnham
- Frensham
- Godalming
- Hambledon
- Hascombe
- Haslemere
- Peper Harow
- Thursley
- Tilford
- Witley
- Wonersh
References
- ^ Waverley Cricket Club official website
- ^ Waverley borough election results retrieved 4/5/07
- ^ Waverley twinning info
- ^ Surrey Council
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