Shere

Shere
Village
St James' Church
Shere Location within Surrey
Area	9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population	1,032 (2011)(relevant part of Civil Parish, whole parish had 3,630 people over 24.5 km2)[1]
• Density	104/km2 (270/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ070479
Civil parish	Shere
District	Guildford
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Guildford
Postcode district	GU5
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Mole Valley
List of places UK England Surrey 51°13′14″N 0°28′07″W / 51.2206°N 0.4687°W / 51.2206; -0.4687

Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England 4.8 miles (7.7 km) east south-east of Guildford and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of Dorking, centrally bypassed by the A25. Located on the River Tillingbourne it is a small still partly agricultural village chiefly set in the wooded Vale of Holmesdale between the North Downs and Greensand Ridge. As of 2011 the village had a population of 1,032.

The village gives its name to the larger civil parish of Shere, extending to the east and south into hamlets founded in the early Middle Ages which officially, in the 19th century, were consolidated into three villages; Gomshall, Holmbury St. Mary and Peaslake. This larger entity has a total population of 3,359 and area of 24.5 square kilometres (9.5 sq mi) (as at the 2011 census).^[2]