Everything about Waverley Surrey totally explained
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 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. It takes its name from
Waverley Abbey, whose ruins are within the district (as does local wandering side Waverley Cricket Club, who have used the name 'Waverley' since 1952).
Politics
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.
Twinning
Civil parishes
Waverley is entirely divided into
civil parishes.
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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