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Leigh, Surrey

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The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a large % of households
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shows an increase of more than 8% in population from 856, ten years previously. The proportion of households in Leigh who owned their home outright was within 4% of the borough and 12% above the national average. The proportion who owned their home with a loan was 1% greater than the national
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Shellwood Cross occupies the south-west corner of Leigh civil parish, on slopes by the upper part of the unnamed brook that flows past the east of the village centre and includes three
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was discovered in a field at Swains Farm in 2004. The oldest of the coins dates from 31 BC and the most recent were minted in around 180 AD after the death of the emperor
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Separated from Leigh by a buffer of less than 200m to the south, Dawesgreen is a linear settlement on a built-up crossroads including one of the village pubs, and two other
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Bunce Common is on the continuation of the road east from Dawesgreen. It is more dispersed, with plots of lower density, and has a road to Shellwood Cross.
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Each of the four communities surrounding the village is subsidiary to Leigh itself. Nalderswood however, including by road, is almost as close to
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The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 8%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
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average; providing overall a higher proportion than average of rented residential property and of
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which benefit from the amenities of the village and a minority of the remainder is woodland.
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district. The village centre is suburban and its remainder is agricultural,
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known as the Mynthurst. The Deanoak Brook is a second tributary of the
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Village green with one of the two pubs in Leigh in the background.
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from certain timber types issued by Elizabeth I, so that
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The Parish Council official Website for Leigh, Surrey
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Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density
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than the national average, and above the average in
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Leigh is located in Surrey
Surrey
Density
OS grid reference
TQ217471
District
Mole Valley
Shire county
Surrey
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Reigate
Postcode district
RH2
Dialling code
Police
Surrey
Fire
Surrey
Ambulance
South East Coast
UK Parliament
Dorking and Horley
UK

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