Friday Street, Surrey

Friday Street
Friday Street  Friday Street shown within Surrey
OS grid reference	TQ129455
District	Mole Valley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dorking
Postcode district	RH5
Dialling code	01306
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	East Surrey
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Friday Street is a hamlet on the lower slopes of Leith Hill in Surrey, England. It is set well off the main roads around a hammer pond in a steep wooded valley. It lies within the civil parish of Wotton just to the south of the A25 running between Guildford to the west and Dorking to the east. Neighbouring villages include the Abingers of Abinger Hammer and Abinger Common as well as Wotton itself.

Hammer Pond at Friday Street

There are a few houses in this tiny hamlet and an historic inn that bears the name of Stephan Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of King John and signatory of the Magna Carta. Martin Tupper, the poet and antiquarian, wrote a biography of Stephan Langton in 1858 which associates him with this area.

Friday Street also features as the title of a song on the album Heavy Soul by Surrey native Paul Weller.

In 1984 Friday Street was used as a location for the BBC Television series "The Tripods" based on the books by John Christopher, where, for the sake of the story it became the fictional future village of "Wherton."

External links

• Media related to Friday Street, Surrey at Wikimedia Commons
• Friday Street at InfoBritain.com