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To the east, associated Ricochet Hill in The Ash Military Ranges consists of sand and peat soils mostly covered with heather, fern and gorse, occasionally opened by public announcements from the Ministry of Defence. The rolling plateau of 80-118m above sea level has spots with views west and east,
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serves the area by sponsoring community-based programs targeting youth in the area (especially marginal groups and minorities) for the purpose of increasing exposure to educational opportunities and building a stronger
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respectively. In addition, trains run through Ash Vale from Guildford to Ascot via Aldershot. The village owes its development to the Garrison and to the railways; see the description of the often
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Aqueduct/Viaduct over the Blackwater has an adjoining footpath lined with mature gorse and heather, endemic to the south and east of the area.
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Holly Lodge (Primary) School is next to Carrington Park, which has playground facilities and a route between nearby North Camp Station and
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The house, "Valecroft", where he spent the last few years of his life, still stands and a blue plaque on its wall commemorates Cody.
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Ash Vale's extent is on two sides clearly demarcated, by the river to the west and at a few locks' higher elevation by the parallel
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Two branch railway lines cross in the middle of the village without forming a junction. In the north of the village are
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Air pollution is very low, with no Air Quality Management Areas in this borough or that immediately adjoining,
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Local shops at a busy crossroads, near Ash Wharf on the canal. The village is part of the technology-focussed
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and Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre on the Basingstoke Canal. The canal's towpath runs through the village.
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Although Ash Vale was a small semi-military community of the post-war era, the village is now largely a
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article, explaining how to the south lies a limited area of fertile farming country.
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settlement, relying on the half-hourly 40-minute railway connection to
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including Central London – here Guildford is visible, six miles away.
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Key Statistics: Population; Quick Statistics: Economic indicators
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in Surrey, England and the larger, northern settlement of the
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to the east – across these boundaries are, respectively,
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Cranfield University National Soil Resources Institute
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Snaky Lane Local Nature Reserve, off Stratford Road
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Index

Village

Basingstoke Canal

Blackwater Valley Conurbation
Ash Vale shown within Surrey
Surrey
2011 census
Density
OS grid reference
SU891524
Civil parish
Ash
District
Guildford
Shire county
Surrey
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Aldershot
Postcode district
GU12
Dialling code
Police
Surrey
Fire

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