Hindhead

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Hindhead is a village on the A3 road in Surrey, about 10 miles south-west of Guildford. It has been blighted for years by heavy traffic, and is now the only place on the A3 route that has not been bypassed. Detailed design of a tunnel to bypass the village is currently in progress, with construction due to start in late 2007.

Near Hindhead is the Devil's Punch Bowl, a site of special scientific interest. This area was notorious in times past for highwaymen and lawlessness and was only "tamed" in the 19th Century when the London to Portsmouth railway line removed much of the freight being transported by road. Gibbet Hill above the Devil's Punch Bowl is where murderers and robbers were hung in chains to warn others.

[edit] External links

• Highways Agency A3 Hindhead improvement
• Hilltop Writers, a Victorian Colony among the Surrey Hills — documenting 66 authors who lived in and around Hindhead at the end of the Victorian era
• Delta FM - Local commercial radio station for Hindhead.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/local_radio/index.shtml - 'BBC Southern Counties Radio' - Local BBC radio station for Hindhead.