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| Borough of Waverley | |
|---|---|
Shown within Surrey | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Surrey |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 139th 345.17 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Godalming |
| ONS code: | 43UL |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 171st 115,976 336 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.4% White |
| Politics | |
Waverley Borough Council http://www.waverley.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPsThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Sue DoughtySusan Kathleeen Doughty (born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Guildford. She entered Parliament in the 2001 election. Doughty, Sue., Virginia BottomleyThe Right Honourable Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley (born March 12, 1948 nee Garnett) is a British Conservative politician. She read sociology at the University of Essex, and later studied at the London School of Economics. She was a researcher |
Waverley is a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca with boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England — but burg status in Surrey, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, although the largest town is Farnham. The borough’s other town is Haslemere, which has about the same population as the village of Cranleigh.
Waverley neighbours the boroughs of Guildford and Mole Valley in Surrey, and the counties of West Sussex and Hampshire.
The borough is named for Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain.
Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog’s Back section of the North Downs. It is one of the most heavily wooded boroughs in England.
Other settlements in the borough include: