East Horsley: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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East Horsley: Guide
East Horsley is a village in Surrey, on the A246 road|A246 between Leatherhead and Guildford. Horsley railway station lies on the Cobham, Surrey|Cobham branch railway line between Guildford and London Waterloo.
Horsley has one private Education in England#Primary Education|primary school, Glenesk. Children also attend The Raleigh (state) named after Sir Walter Raleigh, and Cranmore (private boys' Catholic) which are both located in West Horsley, and the Howard of Effingham state secondary school in Effingham.
The Nomad Theatre is a well-equipped amateur theatre behind the smaller of East Horsley's two rows of shops, Bishopsmead Parade. The new theatre, largely financed by lottery grants from Arts Council England, opened in October 1998 with a production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood.
A larger row of shops is situated near the railway station.
, a large Gothic Revival architecture|gothic mansion, was designed by Charles Barry|Sir Charles Barry (designer of the Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament). It was the home of Ada Lovelace|Ada, Lady Lovelace (the poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron's daughter) and later Thomas Sopwith|Sir Thomas Sopwith, the aviation pioneer. It was used in the television drama The Stone Tape as 'Taskerlands'.
East Horsley is in the Guildford (borough)|Borough of Guildford, but the postal district KT24 (part of the KT postal area|Kingston upon Thames postal area) and has the UK telephone numbering plan|telephone area code 01483 (Guildford). Its post town is Leatherhead, and it is in the Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Mole Valley Parliamentary constituency.
Neighbouring villages are West Horsley, Ockham, Surrey|Ockham and Effingham.
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Which lists the long line of distinguished thinkers who lived at Horsley Towers.
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