Box Hill Village
| Box Hill | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 The Hand in Hand, Box Hill | |
| Location | |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,320 (2019 est.) |
| Post town: | Tadworth |
| Postcode: | KT20 |
| Dialling code: | 01306 / 01737 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mole Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mole Valley |
Box Hill is a village sitting to the east of the summit of its eponymous hill, the famed Box Hill in the North Downs in Surrey. It is to the west of the Box Hill Country Park owned by the National Trust.
The earliest flint cottages in the village date from the 1800s, although much of the village was constructed in the first half of the 20th century.[1] By 2005 there were more than 800 dwellings, of which over five hundred were mobile homes. An estimated 41% of the community is aged 60 or over.[2]
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St Andrew's Church, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Headley, was consecrated in 1969 and the village hall opened in 1974. [3]
Access by road
The only way in or out of the village is on the single road going up and over the hill, Boxhill Road. From the A24 in the valley of the River Mole to the west, the road climbs steeply: as it climbs the face of he hill to the summit it is appropriately named the Zig Zag Road. It is a gentler road past the summit and through the village. From the east, the road comes off the B2033 heading south-west. Headley Heath is directly accessible from the B2033.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Mountford 1974, pp. 3–4
- ↑ Fry R (2006). "Box Hill Project". Community Case Studies. The Connected Surrey Partnership. http://www.connectedsurrey.com/stylesheet.asp?file=17032006112104.
- ↑ Mountford 1974, p. 3
- ↑ Headley Heath: How to get here: National Trust