Farnham's Villages and nearby...
Seale and the Sands
Situated on the Hog's Back in the beautiful landscape of the Surrey Hills,
Seale and the Sands offers lots of sporting activities to enjoy, with a first
class golf course, friendly bowling club and a range of activities such as
Woodland Woggle, a spring run or walk at the Hampton estate Seale
www.woodlandwoggle.com
Tilford
This picturesque triangular village green with its pub and village cricket
is often used often in adverts for its idyllic portrayal of England. Sir
Edwin Lutyens built the Institute, now used for sports and events. Two
branches of the River Wey mean the village can boast two medieaval
bridges, one at either end of the village.
The Rural Life Centre, the largest countryside museum in the South of
England, attracts visitors to learn traditional crafts and country ways of
life with exhibits covering 150 years of rural life, a regular programme
of events and activities and with the Old Kiln Light railway on site, the
Wrecclesham Village Sign
museum is a popular family destination.
www.rural-life.org.uk
Wrecclesham
On the southern fringes of Farnham, the village of Wrecclesham has
Thursley
a recreation ground which hosts the annual Village Fair, held in late
June, plus cricket, football, rugby and tennis clubs. The village also has
Thursley is a walkers' paradise, just west of the A3. It is on the edge of
a number of pubs. Wrecclesham Community Centre is the focal point for
a National Nature Reserve with areas of open dry heathland, peat bogs,
local events.
pine and deciduous woodlands to explore, all within the Surrey Hills
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close to the National Trust's
The village of Wrecclesham is best known for its pottery. Prosperity
Hindhead Commons and Devil's Punch Bowl. The Three Horseshoes pub
during the Roman period saw 60% of the pots used in London coming
makes the perfect resting spot and is not far from Sir Edwin Lutyens'
from the Alice Holt area and to this day Wrecclesham is home to one of
childhood home.
the best preserved examples of a working Victorian country pottery in
www.surreyhills.org
England. Farnham Buildings Preservation Trust began restoration having
bought the site in 1998 and later sold it to Guy and Elaine Hains who
have continued the restoration and expanded the range of traditional
craft activities. Farnham Pottery has its own group of potters, West
Weybourne
Street Potters, still producing pottery there today.
Located to the east of Farnham, Weybourne was once home to John
www.weststreetpotters.co.uk | www.thefarnhampottery.co.uk
Henry Knight, inventor, engineer and local landowner. He was famous
for building the first petroleum carriage for two people made in England
in 1895 and other inventions.
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