Fairlands
{{Short description|Hamlet in Surrey, England}}
{{for|Fairland, South Africa|Fairland, Gauteng}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|type = Hamlet
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.2583|-0.616|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Fairlands
|static_image_name = Fairlands Farm - geograph.org.uk - 57314.jpg
|static_image_caption = Fairlands Farm
|map_type= Surrey
| population = 1,444
|shire_district= Guildford
|shire_county = Surrey
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= Guildford
|post_town= Guildford
|postcode_district = GU3
|postcode_area= GU
|dial_code= 01483
|os_grid_reference= SU964525
}}
Fairlands is the largest settlement (neighbourhood) of Worplesdon, a village with a civil parish council in the Borough of Guildford, Surrey, England. The neighbourhood is centred {{convert|2.6|mi}} north-west of Guildford, to which it is linked by a relatively straight road. The arbitrary centre of Worplesdon, a linear settlement, its church, is {{convert|1.2|mi}} north-east.
Amenities
Fairlands has a parade of eight shops, a post office, a doctor's surgery, primary school, recreation ground and community centre. The latter is used for resident's association meetings, meetings of other groups of cross-sections of the community, and private hire events.
Directly north of Fairlands is the Equestrian Centre of Merrist Wood College, which specialises in horticulture, landscaping, garden design, animal care, countryside, golf, sports turf, floristry, arboriculture and equine studies - it encompasses {{convert|400|acres}} of land.
Residents Association
The Fairlands, Liddington Hall and Gravetts Lane Community Association (FLGCA) is formed of residents of Fairlands and the surrounding residential areas. The FLGCA administer the community centre, form an umbrella organisation for various groups specific to the neighbourhoods, and more generally act for the benefit of residents. A free monthly magazine is delivered to every house within its scope.
Youth outreach
The Normandy Youth Center 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 community.[http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2080377_award_for_mother_who_transformed_her_village Award for Mother Who Transformed Her Village] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024163226/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2080377_award_for_mother_who_transformed_her_village |date=October 24, 2010 }}; 18 October 2010 article; at (Surrey Herald etc titles via Get Surrey) News; retrieved 30 January 2013.
History
Fairlands and Littlefields Farms, together comprising around {{cvt|250|acre}}, were sold for development in 1926.{{cite news |title= Notice of Sale |date= 31 July 1926 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= CV |issue= 8859 |page= 1 }} Plans for an estate of around 1,000 houses were approved by the borough council in December 1934 and construction began the following year.{{cite news |title= Guildford Town topics |date= 15 December 1934 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= CXXXI |issue= 9726 |page= 10 }}{{cite news |title= Big estate development near Guildford |date= 27 April 1935 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= CXXXII |issue= 9763 |page= 9 }}{{cite news |title= Fairlands Estate, Guildford |date= 27 April 1935 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= CXXXII |issue= 9763 |page= 2}} A second phase of housebuilding began in the late-1950s{{cite news |title= Kingstons Estate Developers |date= 26 December 1959 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |issue= 11935 |page= 14 }} and Fairlands County Primary School, designed by the architect, Raymond Ash, opened in 1966.{{cite news |title= First of new schools is opened |date= 19 November 1966 |work= Surrey Advertiser |issue= 12475 |page= 13}} The settlement is not bisected by any main roads and continues to reject street lighting.[http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SU9752] Ordnance survey website Today 12 residential roads and closes form a clustered hamlet.
Transport
=Road=
=Rail=
Worplesdon railway station is {{convert|2.5|mi}} north-east.
Religion
=Church of England=
A 13th century ecclesiastical parish church (before the establishment of civil parishes providing a quasi-local government role with a vestry and poor relief for this neighbourhood), is an arbitrary centre of Worplesdon, a linear settlement around its central street and partially along intersecting routes, {{convert|1.2|mi}} north-east.[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/worplesdon-st-mary-the-virgin/ Church of England - Diocese of St Mary the Virgin, Worplesdon] The church, St Mary's, has as its patron Eton College.
=Roman Catholic Church=
The nearest Roman Catholic church, linked to Fairlands by the Aldershot Road, is the Church of St Mary, Rydes Hill.[http://www.abdiocese.org.uk/parishes/Parishes/R/rydeshillsurrey.htm RC Diocese of Arundel & Brighton - St Mary's Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810094930/http://www.abdiocese.org.uk/parishes/Parishes/R/rydeshillsurrey.htm |date=2014-08-10 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.abdiocese.org.uk/parishes/Deaneries/guildforddeanery.htm |title=Map of Alternative Churches of Guildford Deanery |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-date=8 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208131543/http://www.abdiocese.org.uk/parishes/Deaneries/guildforddeanery.htm |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Fairlands}}
- [http://www.fairlands.org.uk www.fairlands.org.uk], the FLGCA website
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