Hydestile

{{Infobox UK place

|civil_parish= Busbridge
Hambledon

|country = England

|official_name= Hydestile

|coordinates = {{coord|51.156157|-0.617043|display=it|format=dms}}

|static_image_name= File:Crossroads at Hydestile, Surrey - geograph.org.uk - 1255617.jpg

|static_image_caption= The crossroads in Hydestile

|map_type= Surrey

|population = 431

|population_ref = - the population in 2011 was at most half of the two output areas drawn around portions of the two related areas.{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |title=2011 Census |access-date=4 November 2013 |archive-date=11 February 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |url-status=dead }}

|shire_district= Waverley

|shire_county = Surrey

|region= South East England

|constituency_westminster= Godalming and Ash{{cite web|title=Location of Godalming and Ash |url= https://streetguide.co.uk/maps/parliament/2023/Godalming-and-Ash |website=streetguide.co.uk |date=2024 |access-date=2 April 2025}}

|post_town= GODALMING

|postcode_district = GU8 4

|postcode_area= GU

|dial_code= 01483

|os_grid_reference= SU96814056

}}

Hydestile is a hamlet in Waverley, south-west Surrey. It is around {{convert|2 + 1/2|mi}} south of Godalming between the villages of Busbridge and Hambledon, straddling their civil parish borders. One landmark of the hamlet is Hydon's Ball, a large woodland and promontory of the Greensand Ridge, the site is within National Trust land and free to visitors.

History

Hydestile was the site for two hospitals built on land that formed part of the Busbridge Hall Estate: from 1921 King George V Hospital (formerly a TB sanatorium) and from 1941 St Thomas' Hospital (formed from the World War II evacuation of St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth). The hospitals were demolished and redeveloped in the late 1990s following years of disuse and dereliction. The only visible remains are the Gatehouse, the former Superintendent's house, six staff cottages and a cluster of footings amongst the woods.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

Geography

The hamlet is centred on the crossroads of Hambledon Road and Salt Lane. To the south-east is the steeper of two neighbouring outcrops of the Greensand Ridge. Elevations range from {{convert|74|m|ft}} in the narrow wooded vale of the Shad Well spring, that issues near the central crossroads of the hamlet and flows to the north, to {{convert|117|m|ft}} AOD less than a mile to the east.

To the west, the hamlets of Enton Green and Great Enton share one 2011 census output area (of between 50 and 150 homes), and their surrounding terrain is flatter; they are mentioned in the article on their civil parish, Hambledon.[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadBoundaryViewerDisplay.do?btnColOff=OFF&Bn1=true&mapAction=update&mapX=&mapY=&mapScale=25010&envelope=494287.243373398%3A137273.991124727%3A499885.419247001%3A141906.051540237&mapWidth=846&mapHeight=700&rightTabWidth=36&xW=1400&xH=1050&panDir=0&showLabels=true Census Map of relevant output areas] Office for National Statistics

Landmarks

File:Coppiced trees at Hydon Heath, Hambledon - geograph.org.uk - 171746.jpg

Hydon's Ball (a steep, wooded hill) (NT)
A Cheshire Home.
The Tolt, Hydon Heath and Busbridge Woods are three woodlands that are on the periphery of the cluster of homes in the hamlet's centre.

Demography

The settlement has a small population, split between two considerably larger United Kingdom Census 2011 output areas: E00157389 (north-east and beyond) and E00157740 (rest and beyond).[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadBoundaryViewerSearch.do?search=E00157740&btnSrch=&mapAction=update&mapX=&mapY=&mapScale=4000010&envelope=-78724.119075581%3A-39149.0926157288%3A816628.119075581%3A701686.092615729&mapWidth=846&mapHeight=700&rightTabWidth=36&xW=1400&xH=1050&panDir=0&showLabels=true&colOpt=0&search=E00157740 Output Area Map] Office for National Statistics

Output area	Population	Households	% Owned outright	% Owned with a loan
style="background:#44EE88"
+ 2011 Census Key Statistics
E00157389	528	171	50.3	36.3
E00157740	338	116	42.2	26.7

External links

[http://www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk/ www.HambledonSurrey.co.uk]
[http://www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk/?page_id=6183 TeeBeeLand - History of King George V Hospital Hydestile]

References

Category:Hamlets in Surrey