Ash, Surrey

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Coordinates: 51°14′55″N 0°43′33″W / 51.2487°N 0.7258°W / 51.2487; -0.7258

Ash Parish
Ash Parish is located in Hampshire
Ash Parish

 Ash Parish shown within Hampshire
Population 17,549 [1]
OS grid reference SU890506
District Guildford
Shire county Hampshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Guildford
Postcode district GU12
Dialling code 01525
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Surrey Heath
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Ash is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford, Surrey, with a population of 170,041 according to the 2001 census. It is at the far west of the Guildford borough, and the urban development in the parish runs directly into Aldershot, which is on the western side of the River Blackwater, in Hampshire. The census area of Ash Wharf has a population of 6,071.[2]

Samuel Cody, the aviation pioneer and the first man to fly a heavier-than-air machine in the British Isles, lived for the last two years of his life at Ash Vale, the neighbouring village in the same parish council. His house - 'Valecroft' - at the junction of Frimley Road and Lysons Avenue, bears a blue commemorative plaque.

Ash has five schools situated in the village. These include Ash Grange, Walsh Junior, Walsh Infant, Shawfield and Ash Manor School. Ash Manor School also offers a nursery service called Friends.

A museum is located in the cemetery chapel.[3] The parish is served by Ash railway station, Ash Vale railway station and North Camp railway station. Ash Manor Technology College has 1,013 students aged 11-16.[4]

Ash United is the local football club, which came 20th in the top 20 of the 2007/08 season league finish. The club is situated on Youngs Drive, opposite Shawfield Park.

[edit] References

  • Jenkinson, S. (1990). Ash and Ash Vale - A Pictorial History, Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-773-9.

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