Normandy, Surrey

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Normandy
Normandy war memorial
Normandy shown within Surrey
Population	2,987^[1]
OS grid reference	SU926516
District	Guildford
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Guildford
Postcode district	GU3
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Woking
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°15′27″N 0°39′20″W / 51.2576, -0.6556

Normandy is a village and parish in Surrey, England. It lies close to the western end of that county close to the border with Hampshire and just north of the chalk hill known as the Hog's Back.

The parish also includes the villages of Christmas Pie, Willey Green, Wyke and Flexford. It lies on the A323 between Guildford and Aldershot. In the center of the village stands Wanborough railway station, called so as the first owner of the station in fact lived in Wanborough, Surrey, a small hamlet very close to Normandy. Development locally is restricted as the village lies within the green belt. Normandy Common lies to the north of the village; to the south there is mainly arable farmland.

Normandy was the final home of the early 19th century radical reformer and agrarian William Cobbett, the author of Rural Rides.

1 Foot-and-mouth outbreak
2 Within Normandy
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Foot-and-mouth outbreak

Main article: 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak

On 3 August 2007 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed that cattle on farmland within the parish were found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease. This was the first outbreak of its kind in the U.K. for six years.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Within Normandy

Normandy with its rural setting has many footpaths, bridleways and other small roads suitable for horse riding, cycling and walking. It is the start point of the Christmas Pie trail which leads you into Guildford via a well kept trail through woods, commons, meadows etc. Normandy also has many things to do with many clubs (especially sport) set up throughout the Village. This includes: Normandy Tennis Club, Normandy Train Club, Normandy Historians [1], Normandy Cricket Club, Normandy Football Club, Normandy Scouts [2] and Normandy Archery. There are also many services within Normandy but unfortunately with the death of the owner in 2002 the local store closed, so there is no where that you can buy food products within Normandy but there is still one pub, "Duke of Normandy" [3] they can also boast though: Session Music [4] and a Hyundai dealer "Normandy Garage" [5].