Ash Vale
Coordinates: 51°16′N 0°43′W / 51.27°N 0.72°W
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 Ash Vale
Ash Vale shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 7,326 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU891524 |
| Civil parish | Ash |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aldershot |
| Postcode district | GU12 |
| Dialling code | 01252 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Surrey Heath |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Ash Vale is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. It is 7 miles (11km) from Guildford but is closer to the Hampshire towns of Aldershot and Farnborough, which are each about two miles (4km) away, immediately across the Blackwater River. Its population, according to the 2001 census is 7,326.
The village owes its existence to transport links, its geography demarked largely between its railway station and Ash Wharf on the Basingstoke Canal. An increasing proportion of the village's population relies on the half-hourly 40-minute railway connection to London's Waterloo railway terminus, and the small semi-military community of the post-war era has become a largely commuter settlement.
Famous people from Ash Vale include Samuel Cody, the first man to achieve powered heavier-than-air flight in Britain, and professional cricketers Darren and Martin Bicknell.
[edit] References
Jenkinson, S. (1990). Ash and Ash Vale - A Pictorial History, Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-773-9.
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