Ash, Surrey

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Ash

Coordinates: 51.2482° N 0.7254° W

Ash, Surrey (United Kingdom)
Ash, Surrey
Population 17,549
OS grid reference SU890506
District Guildford
Shire county Surrey
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aldershot
Postcode district GU12
Dial code 01252
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
UK Parliament Surrey Heath
European Parliament South East England
List of places: UKEnglandSurrey

Ash is a settlement and civil parish in the borough of Guildford, Surrey, with a population of 17,549 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.[1]

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. His house - 'Valecroft' - at the junction of Frimley Road and Lysons Avenue, bears a blue commemorative plaque.

The parish is served by Ash railway station, Ash Vale railway station and North Camp railway station.

[edit] References

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

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