Waverley (district)
| Borough of Waverley | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
| Motto: Oppida Rusque Una (Latin: Town and countryside in unity) |
|
 Waverley shown within Surrey |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Surrey |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Godalming |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Waverley Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs |
Jeremy Hunt Anne Milton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133.3 sq mi (345.2 km2) |
| Area rank |
123rd (of 326) Highest point = Gibbet Hill, Hindhead |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 123,300 |
| • Rank | 180th (of 326) |
| • Density | 930/sq mi (360/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 97.4% White |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BSTa (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 43UL (ONS) E07000216 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SU9660743750 |
| Website | www |
123rd (of 326)
The Borough of Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming; other notable settlements are the towns of Farnham and Haslemere and the large village of Cranleigh. At the 2011 Census, the population of the borough was 121,572.
Waverley borders the borough of Guildford to the north, the Mole Valley district to the east, the Horsham and Chichester districts of West Sussex to the south, and the East Hampshire and Hart districts and the borough of Rushmoor in Hampshire to the west and northwest. The borough is named after Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. Blackheath Common, in the north of the borough, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog's Back section of the North Downs and by the Greensand Ridge. It has the most green space in absolute terms in Surrey at 293.1 km² according to the central government-compiled Generalised Land Use database of January 2005, approximately half of which is woodland.
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