Bramley, Surrey

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Bramley
Surrey

Bramley
Location
Grid reference: TQ008447
Location: 51°11’36"N, -0°33’27"W
Data
Population: 3,341
Post town: Guildford
Postcode: GU5
Dialling code: 01483
Local Government
Council: Waverley
Parliamentary
constituency:
South West Surrey

Bramley is a village in south-western Surrey, lying some three miles south of Guildford. The parish is home to some 3,300 souls and most lies in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

There is evidence of Iron Age settlement in the area, but the village began as an Anglo-Saxon settlement and expanded during the later Middle Ages. Many historic buildings have survived and the village is a conservation area.

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