Hind Head

Hill, Mountain in Surrey Waverley

England

Hind Head

Hindhead Common Pine trees and a clearing near the visitor centre at the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Hindhead Common Credit: Ian Taylor

Hindhead is a small village located in the county of Surrey, England. Nestled in the Surrey Hills, it is renowned for its picturesque landscapes and stunning natural beauty. Situated on the Surrey and West Sussex border, Hindhead is surrounded by rolling hills, dense woodlands, and lush greenery, making it a popular destination for nature enthusiasts and hikers.

One of the prominent features of Hindhead is the iconic hill known as Hindhead Hill or simply Hindhead. Standing at an elevation of 271 meters (889 feet), it is the highest point in Surrey and offers breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. At the top of the hill, there is a viewpoint called Gibbet Hill, from where visitors can enjoy stunning vistas of the South Downs National Park.

Hindhead is also notable for its rich history. It was once home to the notorious Hindhead Commons and the Devil's Punch Bowl, an area of outstanding natural beauty characterized by its dramatic terrain and unique flora and fauna. This historic site attracts visitors from far and wide who come to explore its walking trails and enjoy the tranquility of the area.

In recent years, Hindhead has undergone significant development, including the construction of the Hindhead Tunnel, which opened in 2011. The tunnel replaced the infamously congested A3 road that used to pass through Hindhead, improving traffic flow and reducing noise pollution in the village.

Overall, Hindhead, Surrey, is a charming village nestled within the beautiful Surrey Hills, offering stunning landscapes, historic sites, and a peaceful atmosphere for locals and visitors alike to enjoy.

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Hind Head Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.113585/-0.72101634 or Grid Reference SU8935. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Hindhead Common Pine trees and a clearing near the visitor centre at the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Hindhead Common
Pine trees and a clearing near the visitor centre at the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Devil's Punch Bowl Looking down into the natural bowl.
Devil's Punch Bowl
Looking down into the natural bowl.
Flush bracket S1535 On the trig point on Gibbet Hill (272m). See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6696717">SU8935 : Gibbet Hill</a>.
Flush bracket S1535
On the trig point on Gibbet Hill (272m). See SU8935 : Gibbet Hill.
Marker stone, Stoatley Hollow A concrete marker, presumably indicating a buried cable. Almost identical to <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6436763">SU8933 : Mid Southern Utility Company marker in Weydown Road</a>.
Marker stone, Stoatley Hollow
A concrete marker, presumably indicating a buried cable. Almost identical to SU8933 : Mid Southern Utility Company marker in Weydown Road.
Valley at Highcomb Looking across the valley, north of the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Valley at Highcomb
Looking across the valley, north of the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Celtic cross Celtic cross on the summit of Gibbet Hill, erected in 1851 by Sir William Erle near the site of the gallows which were used to hang three sailors who in 1786  had murdered another while he was on his way to Portsmouth.  Grade II listed  - see <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260847" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260847">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>.
Celtic cross
Celtic cross on the summit of Gibbet Hill, erected in 1851 by Sir William Erle near the site of the gallows which were used to hang three sailors who in 1786 had murdered another while he was on his way to Portsmouth. Grade II listed - see LinkExternal link.
Gibbet Hill Trig point on the summit of Gibbet Hill, with the North Downs in the centre background and Leith Hill to their right.  Although not apparent in this photo, very clear conditions on this occasion meant that the City of London skyscrapers could be seen through the Wey Gap, left of centre, a distance of almost 40 miles.
Gibbet Hill
Trig point on the summit of Gibbet Hill, with the North Downs in the centre background and Leith Hill to their right. Although not apparent in this photo, very clear conditions on this occasion meant that the City of London skyscrapers could be seen through the Wey Gap, left of centre, a distance of almost 40 miles.
Byway, Devil's Punchbowl Byway above the Devil's Punch Bowl, giving an alternative route for traffic prohibited from using the A3 Hindhead Tunnel.
Byway, Devil's Punchbowl
Byway above the Devil's Punch Bowl, giving an alternative route for traffic prohibited from using the A3 Hindhead Tunnel.
Old A3, Devil's Punch Bowl Part of the route of the former A3 above the Devil's Punch Bowl, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Old A3, Devil's Punch Bowl
Part of the route of the former A3 above the Devil's Punch Bowl, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Old A3, Devil's Punch Bowl Part of the route of the former A3 above the Devil's Punch Bowl, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Old A3, Devil's Punch Bowl
Part of the route of the former A3 above the Devil's Punch Bowl, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Devil's Punch Bowl Looking along the rim of the Devil's Punch Bowl, with part of the route of the former A3 in the background, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Devil's Punch Bowl
Looking along the rim of the Devil's Punch Bowl, with part of the route of the former A3 in the background, restored to nature following the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel in 2011.
Devil's Punch Bowl Looking across the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Devil's Punch Bowl
Looking across the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Looking westwards along London Road Without doubt the biggest event in Hindhead's history was the building of the Hindhead Tunnel, before which this was a notorious bottleneck on the A3. Without doubt the biggest event in the UK was the death of Queen Elizabeth II after 70 years on the throne; although new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ran it close by introducing a "fiscal event" that saw markets react negatively and wipe out any benefits. On the world stage, Vladimir Putin held spurious referendums in 4 areas he had won from Ukraine, and announced that these would now be part of Russia in perpetuity. The Italians and Swedes chose parties of the right to form their next governments. And in outer space, NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if this could be done if it were ever really needed.
Looking westwards along London Road
Without doubt the biggest event in Hindhead's history was the building of the Hindhead Tunnel, before which this was a notorious bottleneck on the A3. Without doubt the biggest event in the UK was the death of Queen Elizabeth II after 70 years on the throne; although new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ran it close by introducing a "fiscal event" that saw markets react negatively and wipe out any benefits. On the world stage, Vladimir Putin held spurious referendums in 4 areas he had won from Ukraine, and announced that these would now be part of Russia in perpetuity. The Italians and Swedes chose parties of the right to form their next governments. And in outer space, NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if this could be done if it were ever really needed.
Advertising board in London Road It shows pupils from Churcher's College which celebrates its 300th anniversary this year. Richard Churcher made his fortune with the East India Company.

Every month on the last day, I record the most prominent deaths in the UK and beyond. One death overshadowed all others, that of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second on the 8th of September at 3:10pm.

Others to depart were: 1st September 2022, boxing legend Earnie Shavers; 2nd September, ASWAD's Drummie Zeb; 6th, armed robber turned author, John McVicar; 8th, Grange Hill's headteacher Mrs McCluskie, actress Gwyneth Powell; 15th, Rugby legend, Eddie Butler; 22nd, Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel; 23rd the nasty nurse in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Louise Fletcher; and on the 28th, US Rapper Coolio.
Advertising board in London Road
It shows pupils from Churcher's College which celebrates its 300th anniversary this year. Richard Churcher made his fortune with the East India Company. Every month on the last day, I record the most prominent deaths in the UK and beyond. One death overshadowed all others, that of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second on the 8th of September at 3:10pm. Others to depart were: 1st September 2022, boxing legend Earnie Shavers; 2nd September, ASWAD's Drummie Zeb; 6th, armed robber turned author, John McVicar; 8th, Grange Hill's headteacher Mrs McCluskie, actress Gwyneth Powell; 15th, Rugby legend, Eddie Butler; 22nd, Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel; 23rd the nasty nurse in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Louise Fletcher; and on the 28th, US Rapper Coolio.
Dawn breaks at the old BMW Garage in London Road This month has been mostly pleasant, weather wise. The hot spell promised for early September never materialised. Mostly it was warm and still. Towards the end of the month we caught the tail end of Hurricane Ian. The official Met Office summary is here <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/summaries/uk_monthly_climate_summary_202209.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/summaries/uk_monthly_climate_summary_202209.pdf">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Dawn breaks at the old BMW Garage in London Road
This month has been mostly pleasant, weather wise. The hot spell promised for early September never materialised. Mostly it was warm and still. Towards the end of the month we caught the tail end of Hurricane Ian. The official Met Office summary is here LinkExternal link
Devil's Punch Bowl - Toadstool Red, waxy-looking toadstool, ca 3 inches high, in the grass beside a footpath.
Devil's Punch Bowl - Toadstool
Red, waxy-looking toadstool, ca 3 inches high, in the grass beside a footpath.
Devil's Punch Bowl - Viewpoint New wooden signposts for "Hidden Hindhead" and the "Sailor's Stroll" at the head of this large natural amphitheatre by Hindhead.
Devil's Punch Bowl - Viewpoint
New wooden signposts for "Hidden Hindhead" and the "Sailor's Stroll" at the head of this large natural amphitheatre by Hindhead.
Hindhead - Former A3 Gorse-lined footpath offering panoramic views westwards over the Devil's Punch Bowl.
Hindhead - Former A3
Gorse-lined footpath offering panoramic views westwards over the Devil's Punch Bowl.
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Hind Head is located at Grid Ref: SU8935 (Lat: 51.113585, Lng: -0.72101634)

Administrative County: Surrey

District: Waverley

Police Authority: Surrey

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Located within 500m of 51.113585,-0.72101634
Gibbet Hill
Toilets Wheelchair: no
Tourism: viewpoint
Wheelchair: limited
Wheelchair Description: 700m of asphalt path from NT car park entrance to within 100m, then uneven turf and sand to Triangulation Point.
Lat/Long: 51.1154405/-0.7158684
Gibbet Hill
Natural: peak
Wikidata: Q5558875
Wikipedia: en:Gibbet Hill, Hindhead
Lat/Long: 51.1154519/-0.7158438
Created By: Potlatch 0.4a
Tourism: viewpoint
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Tourism: viewpoint
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The Sailor's Stone
Description: In dedication of a barberous murder committed here on an unknown sailor on September 24, 1786
Historic: memorial
Material: stone
Memorial: stele
Toilets Wheelchair: no
Wheelchair: limited
Wheelchair Description: Wheelchair friendly asphalt road from car park entrance, 500m. Steps to the stone, sign beside path.
Lat/Long: 51.1143001/-0.7187457
Barrier: kissing_gate
Lat/Long: 51.1147734/-0.727071
Celtic Cross
Historic: memorial
Memorial: obelisk
Toilets Wheelchair: no
Wheelchair: limited
Wheelchair Description: 700m of asphalt path from NT car park entrance to within 150m, then uneven turf and sand.
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Man Made: survey_point
Ref: S1535
Tpuk Ref: TP0323
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Hyde Park Court
Description: Godalming 7 miles; Liphook 5 miles
Historic: milestone
Ref: 59
Lat/Long: 51.1151884/-0.7171323
Barrier: cattle_grid
Bicycle: yes
Foot: yes
Motorcar: yes
Motorcycle: yes
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Backrest: no
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Backrest: no
Direction: 220
Tourism: viewpoint
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Direction: 210
Tourism: viewpoint
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Backrest: no
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Xylem
Artist Name: Walter Bailey
Artwork Type: sculpture
Backrest: no
Description: Sculptural oak bench inspired by photomicrographs of charcoal revealing hidden vessels called xylem
Material: wood
Tourism: artwork
Lat/Long: 51.1150244/-0.7159626
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Backrest: no
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Backrest: no
Mapillary: 487739899210406
Source Position: Mapillary 2019-04-12
Survey Date: 2019-04-12
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Board Type: history
Information: board
Tourism: information
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Backrest: no
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Inscription: Punch Bowl Passion - Poems at the Punch Bowl
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