All covered up, Frensham Great Pond - geograph

Frensham Common is a large

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of which includes two lakes; it is owned by the

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Terrain, plants and animals

Frensham Common is an

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of which includes two large lakes; it is owned by the

and managed by

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. It lies almost wholly within

Frensham Frensham is a village in Surrey, England, next to the A287 road, WSW of Guildford, the county town. Frensham lies on the right bank of the River Wey (south branch), only navigable to canoes, shortly before its convergence with the north bran ...

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, a

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soil narrowly buffered to the north-west, connected by a path. The local road network surrounds the site; the nearest trunk roads are away. The terrain is elevated and undulating — it has few streams due to the permeability of the soil and high points in ridges to the south-east.Grid square map

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Plants and animals

The site supports the

sand lizard The sand lizard (''Lacerta agilis'') is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe from France and across the continent to Lake Baikal in Russia. It does not occur in European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. In the sand lizard' ...

smooth snake The smooth snake (''Coronella austriaca'')Street D (1979). ''The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe''. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. . is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in northern and cen ...

woodlark The woodlark or wood lark (''Lullula arborea'') is the only extant species in the lark genus ''Lullula''. It is found across most of Europe, the Middle East, western Asia and the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident (non- migratory) ...

Dartford warbler The Dartford warbler (''Curruca undata'') is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is ...

and

nightjar Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due to the ancient folk tal ...

Lakes

Until the construction of reservoirs and a gravel extraction-related lake in the north of Surrey in the early 20th century, Frensham Great Pond () was the largest lake in the county. The Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond () were built during the

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to provide fish for the

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's estate, developed by Bishop

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, also known as Henry of Winchester, who established

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to the north and who owned this and nearby manors.

Tourism

A hotel adjoins the south side of the Great Lake by the yachting area. One of the cottages on the common is available to rent. The north of the lake has car parks and picnic areas. North west of the common border is the small village of Frensham, which adjoins two hamlets further across the

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. Less than 5% of the Common is within spurs of the common in

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to the south or

Tilford Tilford is a village and civil parish centred at the point where the two branches of the River Wey merge in Surrey, England, south-east of Farnham. It has half of Charleshill, Elstead in its east, a steep northern outcrop of the Greensand Rid ...

to the north. Four prehistoric bowl barrows are in a straight line in the centre-east of the common. Villagers termed these the King's Ridge Barrows. During hot weather in 2018 large numbers of visitors flocked to Frensham Common, particularly Frensham Great Pond, causing an anti-social parking problem with cars parked on rural clearways, double yellow lines and also leaving behind large amounts of rubbish. Parking at both ponds carry charges, but payment can only be made digitally.

Notable events

During the

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s based in the

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area used Frensham Common for training, whilst

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soldiers used to gallop across the Common. At this time, Frensham Great and Little Ponds were drained as otherwise they would have provided markers for

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s. Scenes in the 1959 film ''

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'' were shot on the common. Scenes in the films ''

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'' (1963) and ''

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'' (1992) were filmed on Frensham Great Pond. Nautical scenes for the 1979 cinema film ''

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'' were recorded on the Frensham Ponds. In 1966 the common was used as a stand-in for the

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in the 4 part ''

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'' serial '' The Highlanders''. The lakes were used as a film location for the 1999 film ''The Mummy'', posing as the

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. In 2010, of the common, in very dry conditions, burned.

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Plants and animals

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Tourism

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