Haslemere

Sister cities

• Bernay

Geography

The civil parish of Haslemere is in the borough of Waverley in south west Surrey, close to the borders with both Hampshire and West Sussex. The parish includes the villages of Hindhead, Beacon Hill and Grayswood, the settlements of Shottermill and Critchmere, as well as the town of Haslemere.{{refn|The communities of Fernhurst, Camelsdale, Linchmere and Hammer are in West Sussex, immediately to the south of the civil parish of Haslemere. Much of the civil parish is in the catchment area of the south branch of the River Wey, The area to the east of the town is drained by the River Arun. Around 48% of the civil parish is covered by woodland, of which is classified as Ancient Woodland. Approximately 17% of the parish, , is protected and includes parts of two Special Protection Areas, one Special Area of Conservation and four Sites of Special Scientific Interest.{{refn|The High Street is aligned northsouth and runs along the watershed between the River Wey (to the west) and River Arun (to the east). The hamlet of Critchmere is to the north west of Shottermill and the village of Grayswood is to the north of Haslemere town. The oldest outcrops in the civil parish are of Weald Clay, which comes to the surface to the east of Grayswood, where the young tributaries of the River Arun have eroded the overlying strata. A Weald Clay sandstone is also exposed in the same area. The Atherfield Clay lies above the Weald Clay and is exposed as an outcrop north of Grayswood and also in the railway cutting, west of the station. The majority of Haslemere and Shottermill lie on the Hythe Beds of the Lower Greensand and the spring line, where the tributaries of the Wey and Arun rise, is on the junction between this permeable layer and the impermeable Atherfield Clay below. Much of the soil…