WAVERLEY, SURREY

Borough of Waverley
Waverley ''Shown within Surrey''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 139th 345.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Godalming
ONS code:	43UL
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	97.4% White
Politics
Arms of Waverley Borough Council Waverley Borough Council http://www.waverley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Jeremy Hunt, Anne Milton

'Waverley' is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, although the largest town is Farnham. The borough’s other town is Haslemere, which has about the same population as the village of Cranleigh.
Waverley neighbours the boroughs of Guildford and Mole Valley in Surrey, and the counties of West Sussex and Hampshire.
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.
The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 51 Conservative seats, 3 Liberal Democrat seats and 3 Independent.^[1]
The borough is named for Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. The borough also contains Blackheath Common an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog’s Back section of the North Downs. It is one of the most heavily wooded boroughs in England. The Borough of Waverley bears no relation to local wandering side Waverley Cricket Club, who have used the name 'Waverley' since 1952.
Waverley is entirely divided into civil parishes.^[2]

★ Alfold

★ Bramley

★ Busbridge

★ Chiddingfold

★ Churt

★ Cranleigh

★ Dockenfield

★ Dunsfold

★ Elstead

★ Ewhurst

★ Farnham

★ Frensham

★ Godalming

★ Hambledon

★ Hascombe

★ Haslemere

★ Peper Harow

★ Thursley

★ Tilford

★ Witley

★ Wonersh
:See List of settlements and parishes in Waverley

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References

References

1. Waverley borough election results retrieved 4/5/07
2. Surrey Council