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Fairlands is the largest settlement (neighbourhood) of
Worplesdon Worplesdon is a village NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large dispersed civil parish that includes the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry Hill), Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Rydeshill and Wood S ...
, a village with a civil parish council in the
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, England. The neighbourhood is centred north-west of Guildford, to which it is linked by a relatively straight road. The arbitrary centre of Worplesdon, a
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, its church, is 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 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
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.''Award for Mother Who Transformed Her Village''
; 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 , were sold for development in 1926. Plans for an estate of around 1,000 houses were approved by the borough council in December 1934 and construction began the following year. A second phase of housebuilding began in the late-1950s and Fairlands County Primary School, designed by the architect, Raymond Ash, opened in 1966. The settlement is not bisected by any main roads and continues to reject street lighting.
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Today 12 residential roads and closes form a clustered
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Transport


Road

The A323 Aldershot road adjoins Fairlands and provides an almost straight route from the community to Guildford, merging with the A322 road from
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shortly before the A3's Wooden Bridge interchange.


Rail

Worplesdon railway station is north-east.


Religion


Church of England

A 13th century
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church (before the establishment of civil parishes providing a quasi-local government role with a
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and poor relief for this neighbourhood), is an arbitrary centre of Worplesdon, a
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around its central street and partially along intersecting routes, north-east. The church, St Mary's, has as its patron
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Roman Catholic Church

The nearest Roman Catholic church, linked to Fairlands by the Aldershot Road, is the Church of St Mary, Rydes Hill.


References


External links


www.fairlands.org.uk
the FLGCA website {{Guildford Hamlets in Surrey Borough of Guildford