Seale and Sands is a

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in the

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, England with a population of 887.Census data
/ref> The principal settlement is Seale; other places include Sandy Cross and The Sands. Sandy Cross near Seale - geograph

The Sands, including Sandy Cross forms the rest of the local government rural unit that provides certain minor services. Major services are provided by Guildford Borough Council and

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. Across the old nucleus and mostly below the North Downs passes a short stretch of the long-distance footpath, the

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). Littleworth Cross is the southern sparsely inhabited junction settlement on minor woodland lanes, which has a heritage- listed park and garden which played host to an important event in the evolution of the work of international early 20th century homes and gardens designer

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. The west of the parish contains Farnham Golf Club. The parish is almost square, 2 miles east to west and north to south. It covers Grid square map

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website most of this is open countryside. The parish of Seale (combined villages of Seale and Sands) has a population of 900,Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density

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'' Retrieved 6 November 2013 Apart from houses by the old school, most of the houses in the parish are to the south, along Binton Lane and in The Sands.

The Sands

The Sands, is the largest settlement in the parish, green-buffered from all other settlements. The Sands has a

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, ''The Barley Mow''. Its local shop and post office has closed.

Sandy Cross

On the Seale side of Farnham Golf Course is part of the parish sometimes known as Sandy Cross, towards the west it turns at an informal point into Furze Hill and a heavily pined area. Here behind a few houses is a worked sand pit.

Demography and housing

The

reveals that parish, had 907 people living in 360 households. Almost all of these had farmland or gardens.OS Map with Listed Buildings and Parks marked
/ref> 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 negligible % of households living rent-free). The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

References

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