Worplesdon

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Worplesdon is a village in Surrey, England, located two miles north of Guildford. The parish includes the settlements of Fairlands, Jacobs Well and Wood Street. Worplesdon has a medieval village church, St Mary's. Adjacent to the church, a semaphore tower (now demolished) served in the Napoleonic wars. The village school, Perry Hill, closed in the 1960s and there is now a new school at Fairlands.

Merrist Wood Agricultural College stands on the hill to the east of Worplesdon encompassing a wood and pond, a plant nursery, an arboriculture training area, an equestrian center, a golf course, and a farm.

Worplesdon railway station is located approximately and mile and a half to the north-east of the village.