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{{short description|Town in Surrey, England}}
{{Other uses|Hazelmere (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Hazlemere]] in Buckinghamshire}}
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|region= South East England
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The town of '''Haslemere''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|z|əl|m|ɪər}}) and the villages of '''Shottermill''' and '''Grayswood''' are in south-west [[Surrey]], England, around {{convert|61.77|km|mi|adj=ri0|0|order=flip}} south-west of London. Together with the settlements of [[Hindhead]] and [[Beacon Hill (Hindhead, Surrey)|Beacon Hill]], they comprise the [[civil parish]] of Haslemere in the [[Borough of Waverley]]. The [[tripoint]] between the counties of Surrey, [[Hampshire]] and [[West Sussex]] is at the west end of Shottermill.

Much of the civil parish is in the catchment area of the south branch of the [[River Wey]], which rises on [[Blackdown, West Sussex|Blackdown]] in West Sussex. The urban areas of Haslemere and Shottermill are concentrated along the valleys of the young river and its tributaries, and many of the local roads are narrow and steep. The [[National Trust]] is a major landowner in the civil parish and its properties include Swan Barn Farm. The [[Surrey Hills National Landscape]] is to the north of the town and the [[South Downs National Park]] is to the south.

Haslemere is thought to have originated as a planned town in the 12th century and was awarded a market charter in 1221. By the early 16th century, it had become a [[Borough#Parliamentary boroughs|Parliamentary borough]] and was represented by two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] until 1832. The town began to grow in the second half of the 19th century, following the opening of the [[Portsmouth Direct line|London to Portsmouth railway line]] in 1859. In late-[[Victorian era|Victorian times]], it became a centre for the [[Arts and Crafts movement]] and the International Dolmetsch Early Music Festival was founded in 1925. Haslemere became an Urban District in 1913, but under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], its status was reduced to a civil parish with a [[Parish councils in England|town council]].

Shottermill grew up as a hamlet near to one of the watermills on the River Wey in the 16th century. The settlement began to expand in the 1880s and joined the Haslemere Urban District in 1933. Until the end of the 19th century, Grayswood was a small farming community, but became an ecclesiastical parish in 1901.

==Toponymy==
The first indication of a settlement at Haslemere is from 1180, when there is a record of a "Chapel of Piperham", belonging to the church at [[Chiddingfold]].<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp5-6>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|pp=5–6}}</ref> The town is recorded as ''Heselmere'' in 1221 and 1255, ''Haselmere'' in 1255 and 1441, ''Hasulmere'' in 1310, ''Hesselmere'' in 1612 and ''Hasselmere'' in 1654.<ref name=Gover_1934_p204>{{harvnb|Gover|Mawer|Stenton|1969|p=204}}</ref> The "mere" element of the name is thought to refer to a lake or pond on the west side of the High Street, which was visible until at least 1859.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p2>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=2}}</ref> The "hasle" element of the name may refer to the [[Corylus avellana|common hazel tree]]<ref name=Gover_1934_p204/> or to the Heysulle family from Chiddingfold, who are known to have owned land in the area until the 14th century.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp5-6/>

Grayswood appears as ''Grasewode'' in 1479 and 1518, ''Grasewood'' in 1537 and 1577, ''Grace Wood'' in 1568 and ''Greyes Wood'' in 1583. The "gray" element may derive from the [[Old French]] personal name "Gerard" and there may be an association with ''Gerardswoded'', recorded in the 14th and 15th centuries near [[Witley]], also in south west Surrey.<ref name=Gover_1934_p204/>

Shottermill is first recorded as ''Shottover'' in 1537 and ''Schoutouermyll'' in 1607. The modern spelling is first used in 1583 and references a watermill owned by the Shotter family.<ref name=Turner_2004_pp160-161>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=160–161}}</ref><ref name=Gover_1934_p183>{{harvnb|Gover|Mawer|Stenton|1969|p=183}}</ref>{{refn|The Shotter family who owned the Shotter Mill, may have originated in [[Shotover Park|Shotover]] in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref name=Turner_2004_pp160-161/><ref name=Gover_1934_p183/>|group=note}}

==Geography==
{{see also|Surrey#Climate}}

===Haslemere Civil Parish===
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The civil parish of Haslemere is in the borough of [[Waverley, Surrey|Waverley]] in south west [[Surrey]], close to the borders with both [[Hampshire]] and [[West Sussex]]. The parish includes the villages of [[Hindhead]], [[Beacon Hill (Hindhead, Surrey)|Beacon Hill]] and Grayswood, the settlements of Shottermill and Critchmere, as well as the town of Haslemere.<ref name=Haslemere_NP>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/HaslemereNeighbourhoodPlan-Final-200821.pdf |title= Haslemere Neighbourhood Plan 2013-2023 |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 13 October 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-date= 23 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100513/https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/HaslemereNeighbourhoodPlan-Final-200821.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>{{refn|The communities of [[Fernhurst]], Camelsdale, [[Linchmere]] and Hammer are in West Sussex, immediately to the south of the civil parish of Haslemere.<ref name=Haslemere_NP/>|group=note}} The area is served by two principal transport routes, the [[Portsmouth Direct Line|London to Portsmouth railway line]] and the [[A3 road|A3 trunk road]], both of which run via [[Guildford]].<ref name=Haslemere_Ecology>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-12-01-BIODIVERSITY-AUDIT-OF-HASLEMERES-ECOLOGICAL-NETWORK_12-November-2020.pdf |title= A biodiversity audit of Haslemere's ecological network |last1= Sutton |first1= Giles |last2= Gareth |first2= Matthews |date= 12 November 2020 |publisher= GS Ecology |access-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-date= 23 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100514/https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-12-01-BIODIVERSITY-AUDIT-OF-HASLEMERES-ECOLOGICAL-NETWORK_12-November-2020.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>

Much of the civil parish is in the catchment area of the south branch of the [[River Wey]],<ref name=Haslemere_Ecology/> which rises on the northern slopes of [[Blackdown, West Sussex|Blackdown]], to the south of Haslemere town.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=19–21}}</ref>{{refn|Blackdown is in West Sussex and lies outside of the civil parish. At {{convert|918|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}, it is the highest hill in the [[South Downs National Park]] and is the third-highest summit in [[South East England]].<ref name=Bathurst_2012>{{harvnb|Bathurst|2012|pp=126–131}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/black-down |title= Black Down |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2018 |publisher= National Trust |access-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-date= 8 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210508063220/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/black-down |url-status= live }}</ref>|group=note}} The area to the east of the town is drained by the [[River Arun]]. Around 48% of the civil parish is covered by woodland, {{convert|85|ha|acres|abbr=on}} of which is classified as Ancient Woodland. Approximately 17% of the parish, {{convert|395|ha|acre|abbr=on}}, is protected and includes parts of two [[Special Protection Area]]s, one [[Special Area of Conservation]] and four [[Sites of Special Scientific Interest]].<ref name=Haslemere_Ecology/> The main settlements are surrounded by the [[Surrey Hills National Landscape]].<ref name=Haslemere_NP/>

===Haslemere town, Shottermill and Grayswood===
Haslemere town is in the south east of the civil parish. The commercial centre is at the junction of the High Street, Petworth Road and Lower Street, which together form an inverted "T" shape.<ref name=O_Connell>{{cite journal |last= O'Connell |first= M |year= 1977 |title= Historic Towns in Surrey |journal= Surrey Archaeological Society Research Volumes |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2249-1/dissemination/pdf/r_vol_5/surreyrv005_025-048_godalming.pdf |access-date= 30 January 2021 |volume= 5 |page= 41 |archive-date= 30 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210130182832/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2249-1%2Fdissemination%2Fpdf%2Fr_vol_5%2Fsurreyrv005_025-048_godalming.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Conservation_Area>{{cite web|url= https://www.waverley.gov.uk/Portals/0/Documents/services/planning-and-building/heritage-and-trees/Heritage/Haslemere%20Town%20Centre%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal.pdf |title=Conservation Area Appraisal |publisher=Waverley Council |date=1 October 2014 |page=9 |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171849/https://www.waverley.gov.uk/Portals/0/Documents/services/planning-and-building/heritage-and-trees/Heritage/Haslemere%20Town%20Centre%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|The High Street is aligned north{{em dash}}south and runs along the [[drainage divide|watershed]] between the [[River Wey]] (to the west) and [[River Arun]] (to the east).<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p2/>|group=note}} Shottermill, to the west, is on the north side of the valley of the south branch of the River Wey and is linked to Haslemere via Wey Hill.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|p=17}}</ref> The hamlet of Critchmere is to the north west of Shottermill<ref name=Turner_2005_p303>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=303}}</ref> and the village of Grayswood is to the north of Haslemere town.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p60>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=60}}</ref>

===Geology===
The oldest outcrops in the civil parish are of [[Weald Clay]], which comes to the surface to the east of Grayswood, where the young tributaries of the River Arun have eroded the overlying strata. A Weald Clay sandstone is also exposed in the same area.<ref>{{harvnb|Thurrell|Worssam|Edmunds|1968|pp=26–27}}</ref> The [[Atherfield Clay Formation|Atherfield Clay]] lies above the Weald Clay and is exposed as an outcrop north of Grayswood and also in the railway [[cut (earthworks)|cutting]], west of the station. The majority of Haslemere and Shottermill lie on the Hythe Beds of the [[Lower Greensand Group|Lower Greensand]]<ref name=Thurrell_pp63-64>{{harvnb|Thurrell|Worssam|Edmunds|1968|pp=63–64}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Thurrell|Worssam|Edmunds|1968|p=73}}</ref> and the [[spring line]], where the tributaries of the Wey and Arun rise, is on the junction between this [[permeability (Earth sciences)|permeable]] layer and the impermeable Atherfield Clay below.<ref name=Thurrell_pp63-64/> The [[gravel]] found in the river valleys is thought to have been deposited during the [[Wolstonian Stage|penultimate ice age]] and is composed of rock fragments of local origin.<ref>{{harvnb|Thurrell|Worssam|Edmunds|1968|p=97}}</ref> Much of the soil in the civil parish is free-draining, very acidic, sandy, [[loam]]y and of low fertility. To the east of Haslemere town and Graywsood, the soil is loamy and clayey, and is of low permeability.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/ |title=Soilscapes soil types viewer |publisher= National Soil Resources Institute - Cranfield University |website= www.landis.org.uk |access-date=15 November 2012 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130602134653/https://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
===Early history===
The earliest evidence for human activity in the Haslemere area is from the [[Neolithic]]. [[Stone tool|Flints]] dating from 4000 to 2400 [[Common Era|BCE]] were discovered during archaeological surveys conducted prior to the construction of the [[Hindhead Tunnel]]. There may have been a settlement in the area in the mid-late [[British Bronze Age|Bronze Age]]<ref>{{cite web <!-- Citation bot bypass--> |last1= Manning |first1= Andrew |last2= Gardiner |first2= Julie |last3= Thompson |first3= Steve |last4= Powell |first4= Andrew |date= August 2009 |title= A3 Hindhead, Post-excavation Assessment Report and Proposals for Analysis and Final Publication |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-1016-1/dissemination/pdf/A3_Hindhead_Post-excavation_Assessment_report_and_proposal_for_analysis_and_final_publication.pdf |publisher= Wessex Archaeology |doi= 10.5284/1020075 |access-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027205903/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1016-1%2Fdissemination%2Fpdf%2FA3_Hindhead_Post-excavation_Assessment_report_and_proposal_for_analysis_and_final_publication.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> and a [[Roman Britain|Romano-British]] [[cemetery]] was discovered on the site of Beech Road, to the north of the town centre, at the start of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Holmes |first= John M. |year= 1950 |title= Romano-British Cemeteries at Haslemere and Charterhouse |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_51/surreyac051_001-028_holmes.pdf |journal= Surrey Archaeological Collections |volume= 51 |pages= 1–28 |doi= 10.5284/1068861 |access-date=  |archive-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027205904/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-379-1%2Fdissemination%2Fpdf%2Fvol_51%2Fsurreyac051_001-028_holmes.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=44}}</ref>

===Governance===
[[File:Haslemere Town Well 02.jpg|thumb|Town Well – one of the old wells which served the area (at the end of Well Lane)]]
Neither Shottermill nor Haslemere are directly mentioned in [[Domesday Book]], but the land on which the two settlements are now located was divided between the Farnham<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Farnham Hundred|url=https://opendomesday.org/hundred/farnham/|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> and [[Godalming Hundred]]s<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Hundred of Godalming|url=https://opendomesday.org/hundred/godalming/|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> respectively. The south western corner of Surrey is thought to have been sparsely populated in the 11th century, but it is possible that some of the mills listed under the entry for Farnham, were located on the Wey in the Shottermill area.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=24–25}}</ref>

The first indication of a settlement at Haslemere is from 1180, when there is a record of a "Chapel of Piperham".<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp5-6/> The chapel belonged to the Parish of Chiddingfold, part of the manor of [[Godalming]] and is thought to have been either on or close to the site of the current St Bartholomew's Church.<ref name=O_Connell/> There may also have been a settlement on [[Haste Hill]], to the south east of the town centre, and there are references to "Churchliten field" and the "Old church-yard" in records of the area.<ref name=Malden_1911_pp45-49>{{harvnb|Malden|1911|pp=45–49}}</ref>

The first use of the modern name Haslemere is from 1221, when permission for a market was given to [[Richard Poore]], [[Bishop of Salisbury]], indicating that the settlement was sufficiently large to be considered a town.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp5-6/> In 1397, [[Richard II]] granted a charter to the settlement, confirming the order from 1221 and permitting an annual fair to be held in the town.<ref name=Conservation_Appraisal>{{cite web|url=https://www.waverley.gov.uk/Portals/0/Documents/services/planning-and-building/heritage-and-trees/Heritage/Haslemere%20Town%20Centre%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal.pdf|title=Conservation Area Appraisal|publisher=Waverley Council|date=1 October 2014|page=9|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171849/https://www.waverley.gov.uk/Portals/0/Documents/services/planning-and-building/heritage-and-trees/Heritage/Haslemere%20Town%20Centre%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The town remained in the possession of the Bishops of Salisbury until {{circa|1540}}, when it was purchased by the Crown.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp24-25>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|pp=24–25}}</ref>

[[File:Bust of Elizabeth I, Charter Walk, Haslemere.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The bust of Elizabeth I by Malcolm Stathers was installed in Charter Walk in 2001.<ref name=Hall_talk>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/haslemere-hall-events/25th-may-talk-haslemeres-queen-elizabeth-i-bust-haslemere-museum/ |title= 25th May – Talk: Haslemere's Queen Elizabeth I Bust (Haslemere Museum) |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= March 2017 |publisher= Haslemere Hall |access-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211029201211/http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/haslemere-hall-events/25th-may-talk-haslemeres-queen-elizabeth-i-bust-haslemere-museum/ |url-status= live }}</ref>]]
The first indication of a settlement at Shottermill is from 1285, when reference is made to a Manor of Pitfold, covering the extreme southern portion of Farnham Hundred. From 1344, the manor was held by [[Edward III of England|Edward III]], but was granted to the [[List of monastic houses in Kent|Convent of Dartford]] in 1362. The land remained in the convent's possession until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1536,<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=29–30}}</ref> when it reverted to the Crown. A new charter was issued to Haslemere town by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] in 1596. Today, this special status is celebrated with the [[Charter fair]], held once every two years in the High Street.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p39>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=39}}</ref>

[[Tudor period#Local government|Reforms during the Tudor period]] replaced the day-to-day administration of towns such as Haslemere in the hands of the [[vestry]] of the parish church.<ref>{{harvnb|Kümin|1996|pp=250–255}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=36}}</ref> The vestry was charged with appointing a parish [[constable]], running a [[village lock-up|lock-up]], maintaining local roads and administering [[poor relief]].<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=52}}</ref> In 1839, many administrative responsibilities were transferred to the [[Hambledon, Surrey|Hambledon]] Rural District Council and in 1863, the [[civil parish]] of Haslemere was created, although local elections did not take place until the following year. In 1896, the ''Surrey Times'' praised the town's authorities, writing: "No parish council in the country has done better work than the Haslemere council. Sanitation, allotments, charities, lighting, roads, footpaths and waste lands have all been thoroughly and prudently looked after."<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|pp=95–96}}</ref> A further change took place in 1913, when town was removed from the Hambledon Rural District and the Parish Council was promoted to the status of an Urban District Council (UDC).<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=101}}</ref> Initially the UDC was based at the Town Hall, but moved in 1926 to a building on Museum Hill, which had been vacated by the [[Haslemere Educational Museum]].<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p79>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=79}}</ref>

Until 1896, Shottermill was part of the [[Frensham]] civil parish. It became independent in 1896, following the passing of the Local Government Act 1894.<ref name=Turner_2005_p366>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=366}}</ref> In 1900, the new council set up a District Sanitary Association to improve drainage and to install a sewerage system in the village.<ref name=Turner_2005_p358>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=358}}</ref> The Shottermill civil parish was disbanded in 1933, when the area became part of the Haslemere Urban District.<ref name=Turner_2005_p366/><ref name=Turner_2005_p358/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Surrey County Boundaries |date= 25 May 1931 |page= 7 |issue= 45831 }}</ref>

The most recent change in local government took place in 1974, when the urban districts of Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere were merged with Hambledon Rural District to form [[Borough of Waverley|Waverley District]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.farnham.gov.uk/town-council/history-of-farnham |title= History of Town Council |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 1 September 2021 |publisher= Farnham Town Council |access-date= 21 November 2021 |archive-date= 3 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103020022/https://www.farnham.gov.uk/town-council/history-of-farnham |url-status= live }}</ref> The Haslemere UDC was reduced to a town council<ref>{{cite web|url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/305043/trustees|title=Village Green at Shottermill|publisher=Charity Commission|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194614/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/305043/trustees|url-status=live}}</ref> and the reformed body readopted the town hall as its main meeting place.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/17th_may_2018_minutes-fc.docx|title= Full Council|date= 17 May 2018|publisher= Haslemere Town Council|access-date= 19 September 2021|archive-date= 22 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194612/https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/17th_may_2018_minutes-fc.docx|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Parliamentary borough===
[[File:14 Petworth Road, Haslemere.jpg|thumb|right|14 Petworth Road, the former Red Cow Inn<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272371|desc=14 Petworth Road|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>]]
{{main|Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)}}
Haslemere may have become a [[Borough#Parliamentary boroughs|parliamentary borough]] as early as 1230, when there is a record of the grant of a [[burgage|burgage plot]] in the settlement. It is referred to as a ''burgus'' in a document of 1377,<ref name=O_Connell/> but the first known [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] for the town were not elected until 1584. Elizabeth I confirmed the borough status in the charter of 1596.<ref name=Red_Cow>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/red_cow_inn_blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |title= The former Red Cow Inn |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 10 March 2016 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910192538/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/red_cow_inn_blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> Until the [[Reform Act 1832]], two MPs were elected to represent the town in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. The electorate was confined to those holding property either as [[freehold (law)|freeholders]] or as tenants of burgage properties, who paid rent to the lord of the manor.<ref name=Red_Cow/> Electoral records show that for the elections of 1664 and 1735, there were only 82 and 85 eligible properties respectively.<ref name=O_Connell/><ref name=Red_Cow/> By the early 17th century, Haslemere had acquired a reputation as a [[rotten and pocket boroughs|pocket borough]].<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=56}}</ref>

The More family, who owned [[Loseley Park]], effectively controlled the borough for much of the 17th century. However, in 1722, More Molyneux and his favoured co-candidate, [[Montague Blundell, 1st Viscount Blundell]], lost the election to [[James Oglethorpe]] and [[Peter Burrell (1692–1756)|Peter Burrell]]. In 1754, [[James More Molyneux]], son of More Molyneux, was determined to reclaim the seat for his family. He and his favoured co-candidate, [[Philip Carteret Webb]], purchased 34 freeholds and tenements, and installed their own representative as [[Bailiff#Historic bailiffs|Bailiff]] to oversee the election. The freehold of the Red Cow Inn was split into shares, to further increase the number likely to vote for More Molyneux and Webb, who were duly elected.<ref name=Red_Cow/>

The final elections in Haslemere Borough took place in 1830 and two years later the constituency was combined with that of [[Farnham]].<ref name=Red_Cow/><ref name="harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=89">{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=89}}</ref>

===Transport and communications===
Before the start of the 18th century, the local roads were the responsibility of the parishes through which they passed. The main road between London and [[Portsmouth]] ran over [[Gibbet Hill, Hindhead|Gibbet Hill]] to the west of Hindhead, and [[stagecoaches]] are known to have travelled along this section from 1732.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p60/> It became the responsibility of a [[turnpike trust]] in 1749<ref name=Crocker_1999_p73>{{harvnb|Crocker|1999|p=73}}</ref> and was rerouted around the edge of the [[Devil's Punch Bowl]] in 1826, to reduce the gradient to a maximum of 5%.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.weyriver.co.uk/theriver/places_10_hindheadtunnel.html |title = The Devil's Punch Bowl and the Hindhead Tunnel |publisher = Weyriver Freelance Community |access-date = 27 August 2021 |archive-date = 19 January 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200119094311/http://www.weyriver.co.uk/theriver/places_10_hindheadtunnel.html |url-status = live }}</ref> This road is now known as the [[A3 road|A3]] and was further improved in 2011, with the opening of the [[Hindhead Tunnel]].<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14339751 |title = Hindhead Tunnel opens northbound |date = 29 July 2011 |work = BBC News |access-date = 27 October 2021 |archive-date = 18 March 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318190427/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14339751 |url-status = live }}</ref>

The road through Grayswood and Haslemere became a turnpike in 1764. A mail coach started running along this road, now the A286, in 1769.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p60/><ref name=Crocker_1999_p73/> In the early 19th century, there were as many as 24 stagecoaches a day passing through the town, however the number reduced following the opening of the {{rws|Alton||railway station at Alton}} in 1841.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=90}}</ref>

The [[Portsmouth Direct line|railway line through Haslemere]] was authorised by parliament in July 1853 and was built by the civil engineer, [[Thomas Brassey]].<ref name=sekon>{{cite journal |first=G A |last=Sekon |title=The Direct Portsmouth Railway |journal=The Railway Magazine |url=https://sremg.org.uk/RlyMag/DirectPortsmouthRly.pdf |year=1947 |access-date=27 October 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923180151/https://sremg.org.uk/RlyMag/DirectPortsmouthRly.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction work started in August 1853, but was not completed until May 1858, in part because of the magnitude of the excavation work required for the deep [[Cut (earthworks)|cutting]] through Haslemere.<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|1968|p=142}}</ref> The line opened on 1 January 1859, with trains running as far as {{rws|Havant}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|1968|p=145}}</ref> Although the earthworks were built to accommodate two tracks, initially only a single line was installed. The line was doubled in 1876–77<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|1968|p=150}}</ref> and the station platforms at Haslemere were extended to allow express services to call from January 1894.<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|1973|p=96}}</ref>

[[File:Haslemere signal box.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere signal box]]
The Grade II-listed station [[signalling control|signal box]] was constructed in 1894. It is built in red brick with a hipped [[slate industry in Wales|Welsh Slate]] roof<ref>{{NHLE|num=1415807|desc=Haslemere Signal Box|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and is one of only two surviving examples of a platform-mounted [[London and South Western Railway|LSWR]] Type 4 design.<ref name=Farnham_Herald_sig_box>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 16 January 2019 |title= Signal box worth saving, says railway history expert |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=132886&headline=Signal%20box%20worth%20saving,%20says%20railway%20history%20expert&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |work= Farnham Herald |access-date= 28 October 2021 |archive-date= 28 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211028093714/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=132886&headline=Signal%20box%20worth%20saving,%20says%20railway%20history%20expert&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |url-status= live }}</ref>{{refn|Haslemere Signal Box retains its original 47-lever frame.<ref name=Farnham_Herald_sig_box/>|group=note}} The [[railway semaphore signal|semaphore signals]] in the station were replaced by [[railway signal#Colour light signals|colour lights]] in 1937,<ref name=Farnham_Herald_sig_box/> the same year that the line was [[railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]].<ref>{{harvnb|Mitchell|Smith|2006|loc=Fig. 59}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wragg|2013|p=126}}</ref>

===Industry and commerce===
The market charter for Haslemere was granted in 1221 and a license to hold an annual fair followed in 1397.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp5-6/> By the end of the Middle Ages, it would appear that the market was no longer being held regularly, necessitating the regrant of the charter by Elizabeth I in 1596.<ref name="harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=89"/> The market was held at the south end of the High Street, the widest part, and a market house was built at that location in 1626.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=23}}</ref> The original building would have been constructed of wood, but it was replaced by a brick structure, the present Town Hall, in 1814.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p77>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=77}}</ref><ref name=Rolston_1978a_p88>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=88}}</ref>

[[File:Sickle Mill, Haslemere.jpg|thumb|right|Sickle Mill]]
By the end of the medieval period, there were at least five watermills on the River Wey and its tributaries near Haslemere. The oldest, at Pitfold, was most likely established in Saxon times and operated as a corn mill until the 1340s, when it appears to have become a [[fulling]] mill for wool.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|p=46}}</ref> The original Shotter Mill, now in West Sussex, was founded in the 1640s and a hamlet grew up to the north, adopting its name.<ref name=Turner_2004_pp160-161/> Until 1880, the area was dominated by the farms belonging to Pitfold Manor<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|pp=299–302}}</ref> and the mills were mostly used for grinding corn. From the mid-18th century, some of the mill sites were converted for other purposes, including Sickle Mill, owned by the Simmons family, which was used for [[paper mill|paper manufacturing]] from {{circa|1785}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=17}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=32}}</ref> Paper making took place at three sites around Shottermill until the mid-1850s.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=85}}</ref>

Between the 16th and the 18th centuries, Shottermill was a centre for iron making. A mill at Pophole (located at the modern-day tripoint between Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire) harnessed water power to drive bellows for [[smelting]] and had a hammer for making iron bars.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=120–121}}</ref> Production was well established by 1574 and it is probable that the mill supplied iron for the manufacture of [[cannon]]s for the [[History of the Royal Navy (before 1707)|Navy]].<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=122–124}}</ref> Much of the history of Pophole Mill is unclear, but it appears that activity at the site ceased shortly after 1732.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2004|pp=145–148}}</ref>

The civil parish was also a centre for [[textile]]s manufacture. Until {{circa|1820}}, around 200 local inhabitants were engaged in [[silk]] weaving, which was carried out as a [[putting-out system#Cottage industry|cottage industry]]. There was also a [[crêpe (textile)|crape]] factory in Church Lane.<ref name=Crocker_1999_pp51-53>{{harvnb|Crocker|1999|pp=51–53}}</ref> In 1835, the Appleton family installed machinery for spinning and weaving at Pitfold Mill and began to make [[worsted]] lace and [[epaulette]]s for [[military uniforms]]. By 1851, Thomas Appleton was employing 100 workers and in 1854 he expanded his business with the purchase of Sickle Mill. The company moved to London in the 1880s.<ref name=Crocker_1999_pp51-53/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.appletons.org.uk/who-we-are/ |title= The History |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 31 August 2021 |orig-date= 22 July 2021 |publisher= Appletons Wool Ltd |access-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027205906/https://www.appletons.org.uk/who-we-are/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[File:Weaving House, Foundry Road, Haslemere, 1902.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the Weaving House, Foundry Road (1902)]] 
The Peasant Arts Society was founded in Haslemere in the 1890s, when the weaver Maude King and her sister, the tapestry maker Ethel Blount, moved to the area. It was one of a number of organisations associated with the [[Arts and Crafts movement]], that were founded in rural England at around the same time. Members, all drawn from the local working class, produced fabrics, rugs and tapestries, which were sold at exhibitions around the country.<ref name=Rawsthorne_2021>{{cite web |url= https://www.maharam.com/stories/rawsthorn_the-peasant-arts-society |title= The Peasant Arts Society |last= Rawsthorn |first= Alice |year= 2021 |publisher= Maharam |access-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-date= 6 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210306081559/https://www.maharam.com/stories/rawsthorn_the-peasant-arts-society |url-status= live }}</ref> Ethel Blount and her husband Godfrey set up the Tapestry House in Foundry Meadow for the manufacture of [[appliqué]] needlework and [[embroidery|embroidered]] items in 1896. Six years later, they also established the John Ruskin School and the St Cross School of Handicraft. The Peasant Arts Society closed in 1933, following the deaths of several of the founder members.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/collections/des/peasant-arts/Haslemere-Peasant-Arts-Industries.html#bookmark |title= Haslemere Peasant Arts Industries |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Museum |access-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-date= 27 October 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171027022421/http://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/collections/des/peasant-arts/Haslemere-Peasant-Arts-Industries.html#bookmark |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Residential development===
[[File:Town_House,_Haslemere_02.jpg|right|thumb|Town House, High Street]]
[[File:Tudor_House,_Haslemere_(geograph_3895490).jpg|thumb|right|Tudor House, Lower Street]]
The earliest surviving map of Haslemere, dating from 1735, shows that the High Street was fronted by a number of large houses.<ref name=Conservation_Area/> A few buildings survive from this period, including Town House<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244318|desc=Town House|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and the Georgian House Hotel,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272519|desc=The Georgian Hotel|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> as well as Tudor House,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272369|desc=Tudor House|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Fern Cottage<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272375|desc=Fern Cottage|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and 10 High Street, which date from the previous century.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272565|desc=10 High Street|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> There are several houses on Petworth Road, to the east of the town centre, which date from the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244376|desc=Collards|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1244381|desc=Courts|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1244377|desc=Skitreadons|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

Comparison of the 1735 map and the [[tithe map]] of 1842, indicates that there had been little change in the size of the settlement during the intervening hundred years, although a few properties had been built in the Wey Hill area.<ref name=Conservation_Area/> Houses constructed in the early 19th century include Broad Dene<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244326|desc=Broad Dene|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Grayswood House<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244180|desc=Grayswood House|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and Pound Corner House.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272518|desc= Pound Corner House |grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> [[Inclosure act]]s affecting the Haslemere area were passed in 1856, shortly before the opening of the railway line. The town began to appeal to new wealthy residents, who moved to the area from London, and also to tourists visiting the surrounding countryside.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp92-94>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|pp=92–94}}</ref>{{refn|Among those who moved to the area in the mid-19th century, was [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], who commissioned the architect, [[James Thomas Knowles (1831–1908)|James Knowles]] to build Aldworth House on [[Blackdown, West Sussex|Blackdown]] in 1869.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1234518|desc=Aldworth House|grade=I|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>|group=note}} In the late 1860s and early 1870s, houses began to spread along Lower Street towards Shottermill.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=18}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=23}}</ref>

Little development took place in Shottermill before 1880.<ref name=Turner_2005_p270>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=270}}</ref>{{refn|Pre-19th century listed houses in Shottermill include Rose Cottage (late medieval)<ref>{{NHLE|num=1272319|desc=Rose Cottage|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Buffbeards<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244172|desc=Buffbeards|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and Lees Cottage (16th century),<ref>{{NHLE|num=1243980|desc=Lees Cottage|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Middlemarch (17th century) <ref>{{NHLE|num=1244178|desc=Brookbank Middlemarch|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Cherrimans<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244179|desc=Cherrimans|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and 53 and 55 Lion Lane (18th century).<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1272378|desc=53 and 55 Lion Lane |grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>|group=note}} The census returns indicate that there was a doubling of the population between 1881 and 1891,<ref name=Turner_2005_p270/> stimulated in part by the break-up of the Pitfold Manor estate in 1880.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|pp=279–282}}</ref> Several new houses for the gentry were built in the following decade, during which land to the north west of the village was donated to the [[National Trust]].<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|pp=284–291}}</ref> Housing for labourers and artisans was constructed along Lion Lane between 1880 and 1901, and dwellings began to spread towards Critchmere Hill in the first decade of the 20th century. The first houses in Critchmere Lane date from 1921 and were constructed by the Farnham Rural District Council.<ref name=Turner_2005_p303/><ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=372}}</ref> Many of the houses in the area were built using local bricks and there were [[brickworks]] on Wey Hill (formerly Clay Hill) and on Border Road until the early 20th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Pooley|1987|p=9}}</ref> Development of the west of Shottermill continued in the 1930s, with the creation of Pitfold and Sunvale Avenues.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=84}}</ref>

Beech Road, to the north of Haslemere town centre, and Chestnut Avenue, to the west, were laid out in the early 1900s. Houses were also built in Grayswood at around the same time.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|pp=50–52}}</ref> Between 1900 and 1940, the Haslemere Tenants Society built 91 houses in the Fieldway, Bridge Road and Lion Mead area, which were subsequently acquired by the Haslemere UDC. In 1950, the council began to construct a new estate of 88 houses in Shottermill, close to the Sickle Mill, and purchased 100 pre-fabricated houses which had been erected by the Admiralty on Woolmer Hill during the Second World War.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p97>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=97}}</ref> In 1953, the UDC bought {{convert|38|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of land to the north of St Bartholomew's Church for the Chatsworth Avenue and Weycombe Road estates.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=100}}</ref> Although many large, detached houses on Bunch and Farnham Lanes, to the north of Shottermill, had been built in the [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian period]], [[infill]]ing took place in this area in the second half of the 20th century. Other post-war developments include Scotland Close, Lythe Hill Park and Meadowlands Drive. The Deepdene estate, a mixed estate of houses of varying sizes, was constructed at the west end of Shottermill in the 1980s.<ref name=HDS>{{cite web |url= http://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/haslemere_design_statement_2012.pdf |title= Haslemere Design Statement |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2012 |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211029201159/http://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/haslemere_design_statement_2012.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Haslemere in the world wars===
At the start of the First World War, Haslemere had a population of around 4000, of whom roughly 200 served in the armed forces during the conflict. Since the town was on the route from London to Portsmouth, several army units were billeted nearby while awaiting onward transportation to France. In 1915, Canadian soldiers moved to [[Bramshott Camp]] and undertook training in the area.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b||p=62}}</ref>

Around 2,000 children were [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] from London to the Haslemere area in September 1939, the majority of whom were found accommodation within a {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on|adj=on|0}} radius of the town. The following month, the research division of the [[Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment]], part of [[HMS Mercury (shore establishment)|HMS ''Mercury'']], was relocated from Portsmouth to Lythe Hill, a country house to the south east of the town. In 1942, a [[British Restaurant]], a communal kitchen for those who had been bombed out of their homes, opened in Wey Hill, although Haslemere sustained only very limited damage from [[strategic bombardment|air raids]]. Several aeroplanes crashed in the area, including an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] aircraft close to the Holy Cross Hospital in Shottermill. In the summer of 1944, a [[V-1 flying bomb]] landed close to Three Gates Lane, but there were no casualties.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|pp=89–92}}</ref>

==National and local government==
===UK parliament===
The entirety of the Haslemere civil parish is in the parliamentary constituency of [[Farnham and Bordon (UK Parliament constituency)|Farnham and Bordon]] and is represented in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Greg Stafford (politician)|Greg Stafford]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MPs representing Farnham and Bordon |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4049/overview |website= parliament.uk |date=July 2024 |access-date=16 March 2025 }}</ref> From 2005 to 2024 it was in [[South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Surrey]] and represented by [[Jeremy Hunt]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3758/location |title= South West Surrey |publisher= UK Parliament |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910193123/https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3758/location |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Jeremy_Hunt_MP>{{cite web |url= https://www.jeremyhunt.org/constituency |title= South West Surrey Constituency |last= Hunt |first= Jeremy |year= 2021 |publisher= Constituency |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910193124/https://www.jeremyhunt.org/constituency |url-status= live }}</ref> Between 1984 and 2005, the seat was held by [[Virginia Bottomley]], who was elevated to the [[House of Lords]] as Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone in the year she left the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref name=Jeremy_Hunt_MP/><ref>{{Who's Who | id= U8194 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U8194 | title=Bottomley of Nettlestone}}</ref>

===County Council===
Councillors are elected to [[Surrey County Council]] every four years. Haslemere, Shottermill and Grayswood are in the "Haslemere" electoral division, but Hindhead and Beacon Hill are in the "Waverley Western Villages" electoral division.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=TABLE&PIC=1 |title= Your Councillors by Division |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 1 August 2021 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 1 August 2021 |archive-date= 1 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210601211730/https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN=WARD |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name= OS_Elections>{{cite web |url= https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title= Election Maps |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2015 |publisher= Ordnance Survey |access-date= 3 September 2021 |archive-date= 20 February 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160220103943/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Borough council===
The civil parish is divided between three wards, each of which elect three councillors to Waverley Borough Council. The three wards are "Haslemere East and Grayswood", "Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill" and "Hindhead".<ref name= OS_Elections/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://modgov.waverley.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title= Your councillors by ward |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Waverley Borough Council |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910193125/https://modgov.waverley.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Town Council===
Haslemere Town Council is the lowest tier of local government, covering the whole civil parish. Eighteen councillors are elected every four years.<ref name=TC_Standing_Orders>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-Standing-Orders.pdf |title= Standing Orders |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 3 February 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211020170205/https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-Standing-Orders.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretoday.com/town-councillors/ |title= Town Councillors |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2 May 2019 |publisher= Haslemere Today |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 19 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019152602/https://haslemeretoday.com/town-councillors/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The council is based at Haslemere Town Hall. Each year in May, the councillors elect a [[Mayor]], who serves for a period of one year.<ref name=TC_Standing_Orders/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org |title= Haslemere Town Council |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 19 April 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 23 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100515/https://haslemeretc.org/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Twin towns===
Haslemere is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with [[Bernay, Eure|Bernay]] in France and [[Horb am Neckar]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haslemere-twinning.eu/ |title=Haslemere & District Twinning Association |date=26 March 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 |publisher=Haslemere and District Twinning Association |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624035416/http://haslemere-twinning.eu/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Demography and housing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''2011 Census Key Statistics'''
|-
!Output area !!Area !!Population !!Households !!Homes owned outright !!Homes owned with a loan
|-
| Haslemere East and Grayswood<ref name=NOMIS_HEGW>{{NOMIS2011|id= E05007435|title=Haslemere East and Grayswood Ward|fewer-links=yes|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> || {{convert|9.94|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} || 6,553 || 2,766 || 39.7% || 34.4% 
|-
| Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill<ref name=NOMIS_HCSW>{{NOMIS2011|id=E05007434
|title= Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill Ward|fewer-links=yes|access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> || {{convert|6.50|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} || 5,981 || 2,445 || 29.6% || 40.7% 
|-
| Hindhead and Beacon Hill<ref name=NOMIS_Hindhead>{{NOMIS2011|id=E05007436|title=Hindhead Ward|fewer-links=yes|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> || {{convert|6.82|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} || 4,292 || 1,688 || 38.6% || 38.5% 
|-
| '''Total for Haslemere Civil Parish'''<ref name=NOMIS_CP/> || '''{{convert|23.27|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}''' || '''16,826''' || '''6,899''' || '''35.8%''' || '''37.6%''' 
|-
| Regional average<ref name=NOMIS_SE_region>{{NOMIS2011|id=E12000008|title=South East Region|fewer-links=yes|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> || || || ||35.1% || 32.5%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''2011 Census Homes'''
|-
!Output area !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans, temporary and mobile homes
|-
| Haslemere East and Grayswood<ref name=NOMIS_HEGW/> || 1,202 || 637 || 454 || 613 || 1
|-
| Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill<ref name=NOMIS_HCSW/> || 849 || 611 || 398 || 694 || 1
|-
| Hindhead and Beacon Hill<ref name=NOMIS_Hindhead/> || 858 || 289 || 121 || 495 || 0
|-
| '''Total for Haslemere Civil Parish'''<ref name=NOMIS_CP/> || '''2,909''' || '''1,537''' || '''973''' || '''1,802''' || '''2''' 
|-
| Regional average<ref name=NOMIS_SE_region/> || 28% || 27.6% || 22.4% || 21.2% || 0.7%
|}

==Public services==
===Utilities===
Before the start of the 16th century, local residents obtained drinking water either from [[Spring (hydrology)|springs]] or from the River Wey.<ref name="Rolston_1978b_p41"/> Haslemere Town Well was dug {{circa|1500}} and there was also a second well, known as Pilewell, in Lower Street. Water would be delivered to homes by a water carrier, the last of whom, Hannah Oakford, died in 1898.<ref name=Tarplee_water>{{cite journal |last1= Tarplee |first1= Peter |year= 2007 |title= Some public utilities in Surrey: Water supply |url= https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/Surrey%20History%207-4.pdf |journal= Surrey History |volume= VII |issue= 4 |pages= 219–225 |access-date= 10 January 2021 |archive-date= 5 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210205224313/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/Surrey%20History%207-4.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretoday.com/haslemere-well/ |title= Haslemere Well |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 16 July 2017 |publisher= Haslemere Today |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 17 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210117145829/https://haslemeretoday.com/haslemere-well/ |url-status= live }}</ref>{{refn|Hannah Oakford charged 1½ [[Penny (British pre-decimal coin)|pennies]] per bucket to deliver water to homes in Haslemere.<ref name=Tarplee_water/>|group=note}} The piped water supply to Haslemere began in the 1880s, when a series of pumping stations was installed to deliver water to standpipes in the town from springs on the lower slopes of Blackdown.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p41>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=41}}</ref> The Wey Valley Water Company was formed in 1898 and its mains were extended to Shottermill in 1900.<ref name="Turner_2005_p358"/> In 1907, a public water works was opened close to Chase Farm to serve both settlements.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p41/> The supply of drinking water to Grayswood began in 1920.<ref>{{cite news |date= 17 January 1920 |title= Water supply to Grayswood |work= Surrey Times and County Express |issue= 4685 |page= 5}}</ref>

[[File:Haslemere Sewage Treatment Works.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere Sewage Treatment Works]] 
Until the late 19th century, the sewage produced by the town was dumped in [[cesspits]] and there are several recorded instances of [[diphtheria]] and [[typhoid]] outbreaks.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p41/> The first [[sewage treatment|sewage treatment works]] in Haslemere was established in Foundry Road in 1898 and a second works followed to the west of Shottermill off Critchmore Lane in 1911. The Shottermill works was enlarged in 1911 and in 1933 became responsible for treating all sewage from the Haslemere UDC area.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|pp=358–359}}</ref>

The first [[coal gas|gas]] supply to Haslemere began in 1868–69 and was used for street lighting.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359/><ref name="harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=17">{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=17}}</ref>{{refn|The town gasworks were in Foundry Road, which was renamed King's Road for the visit of [[Edward VII]] to Haslemere in 1903.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=50}}</ref>|group=note}} The gas mains reached Shottermill in 1903.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359/> Electric street lighting with [[Sodium-vapor lamp|sodium lamps]] was installed between 1952 and 1955.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p97/>

The Hindhead and District Electric Light Company was formed in 1901 and opened an [[power station|electricity generating station]] in Hindhead village in the same year.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359/><ref name=Crocker_1999_p113>{{harvnb|Crocker|1999|p=113}}</ref>{{refn|When it opened in 1901, the Hindhead generating station had an [[nameplate capacity|installed capacity]] of 38&nbsp;kW and by the time of its closure in 1953, it was capable of generating 925&nbsp;kW.<ref name=Crocker_1999_p113/>|group=note}} The first mains electricity cables were laid from Hindhead to Haslemere and Shottermill in 1910.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359/>

===Emergency services===
The first known parish constable in the area was serving in Haslemere in 1672, when a staff of office was commissioned.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=83}}</ref> Policing became the responsibility of the [[Surrey Police|Surrey Constabulary]] on its creation in 1851.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=6}}</ref> The first police officer to be stationed in Grayswood was appointed in 1904.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p52>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=52}}</ref> Haslemere Police Station, in West Street, closed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 24 January 2018 |title= Ex-bobby Knowles furious as police 'shut up shop' |url= https://www.altonherald.com/article.cfm?id=125278&headline=Ex-bobby%20Knowles%20furious%20as%20police%20'shut%20up%20shop'&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |work= Farnham Herald |access-date= 17 October 2021 |archive-date= 17 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211017120112/https://www.altonherald.com/article.cfm?id=125278&headline=Ex-bobby%20Knowles%20furious%20as%20police%20%E2%80%98shut%20up%20shop%E2%80%99&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2021, policing in the town is the responsibility of [[Surrey Police]] and the nearest [[police station]] run by the force is at [[Guildford]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/surrey-police/haslemere-grayswood-and-chiddingfold/ |title= Haslemere, Grayswood & Chiddingfold |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Surrey Police |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 30 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200930161705/https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/surrey-police/haslemere-grayswood-and-chiddingfold/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/surrey-police/shottermill-critchmere-hindhead-beacon-hill-churt-and-weyhill/ |title= Shottermill, Critchmere, Hindhead, Beacon Hill, Churt & Weyhill |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Surrey Police |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 29 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200929014515/https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/surrey-police/shottermill-critchmere-hindhead-beacon-hill-churt-and-weyhill/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[File:2016-_a_year_on_Geograph_(Day_357)_(geograph_5231950).jpg|thumb|right|Blue plaque honouring Inspector William Donaldson, Town Hall]]
Construction of the railway line through Haslemere began in 1853 and, by the summer of 1855, around 200 [[navvy|navvies]] were lodging in the town.<ref name=Donaldson_Blue_Plaque>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/the_haslemere_riot_of_29_july_1855._blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |title= The Haslemere Riot of 29 July 1855 |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 12 March 2016 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 23 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100513/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/the_haslemere_riot_of_29_july_1855._blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> On the night of 29 July of that year, a group of workmen was drinking in the Kings Arms pub, when Police Inspector William Donaldson and a junior colleague arrived to enforce the midnight closing time. A fight broke out soon after the navvies left the building, during which Donaldson received a fatal blow to the head. He died at the police station around three hours later. Five men were subsequently arrested,<ref name="Open University">{{cite web |title=Surrey Constabulary |url= http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt1/pt1Donaldson.html |publisher= Open University |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000940/http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt1/pt1Donaldson.html |url-status=live}}</ref> of whom four were convicted of [[manslaughter in English law|manslaughter]] at the subsequent trial. Thomas Wood, who is thought to have dealt the fatal blow, was [[convicts in Australia|transported]] to [[Fremantle|Fremantle, Western Australia]] after serving a one-year prison sentence in London. Inspector Donaldson was buried in St Bartholomew's churchyard in Haslemere. His death is commemorated by a [[blue plaque]] on the wall of the Town Hall.<ref name=Donaldson_Blue_Plaque/><ref>{{cite news |last= Hughes |first= Seren |date= 15 Jan 2021 |orig-date= 3 Jan 2021 |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/story-surrey-police-officer-killed-19553458 |title= The story of the Surrey Police officer killed while on duty in the 'Haslemere Riot' |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211021114248/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/story-surrey-police-officer-killed-19553458 |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[File:Haslemere Fire Station - geograph.org.uk - 431009.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere Fire Station]]
The Haslemere fire brigade was formed in 1877 and, until 1907, was equipped with a horse-drawn fire pump.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=19}}</ref> From 1906, Shottermill was served by the Hindhead and Grayshott brigade, but assistance was given by the Haslemere brigade when necessary.<ref name=Turner_2005_pp358-359/> In 2021, the local [[fire authority]] is Surrey County Council and the [[fire services in the United Kingdom|statutory fire service]] is [[Surrey Fire and Rescue Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/about/fire-stations#haslemere |title= Our Fire Station |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 22 September 2021 |archive-date= 7 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210407142930/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/about/fire-stations#reigate |url-status= live }}</ref> Haslemere Ambulance Station, in Church Lane, is run by the [[South East Coast Ambulance Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/our-locations/ |title= Our Locations |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= South East Coast Ambulance Service |access-date= 9 January 2021 |archive-date= 10 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201110224056/https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/our-locations/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Healthcare===
The first recorded medical healer in Haslemere was Robert Shotter (1553{{en dash}}1639), of whom the vicar at the time wrote: "An expert chirugeon [surgeon] and cured in his life multitudes of impotent poor people of foul and dangerous sorances [diseases], at his own charge…"<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|pp=36–37}}</ref> In 2021, the [[General practitioner|GP]] surgery serving the town is at Haslemere Health Centre, in Church Lane.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp/results/Haslemere?latitude=51.08766171456529&longitude=-0.7095946984479263 |title= GPs near Haslemere |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= National Health Service |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 16 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211016162002/https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp/results/Haslemere?latitude=51.08766171456529&longitude=-0.7095946984479263 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The first hospital to be built in Haslemere was a [[cottage hospital]] on Shepherd's Hill. It opened in 1898 with four beds and its construction was funded by a donation from the Penfold Family.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=35}}</ref> By the early 1920s, it was clear that a new facility was required and a new hospital was opened in 1923 on Church Lane.<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=71}}</ref> In 2021, the hospital functions as a community hospital, with a minor injuries unit and two inpatient wards.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Clinics/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=96322 |title= Haslemere Minor Injuries Unit |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2 March 2021 |publisher= NHS |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 27 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027041847/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/clinics/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=96322 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/haslemere-hospital/ |title= Haslemere Community Hospital |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 27 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210427094707/https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/haslemere-hospital/ |url-status= live }}</ref> It also offers a range of outpatient services.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=116439 |title= Haslemere Hospital |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 6 January 2016 |publisher= NHS |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 16 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211016162002/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=116439 |url-status= live }}</ref>

Holy Cross Hospital, to the north of Shottermill, was opened in 1917 as a [[tuberculosis]] sanatorium by the [[Daughters of the Cross|Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège]].<ref name=Holy_Cross_Hosp>{{cite web |url= http://www.holycross.org.uk |title= Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere, Surrey |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 10 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211010060234/http://www.holycross.org.uk/ |url-status= live }}</ref> In the 1950s it became a small general hospital and later a specialist facility for oral and facial surgery. Since 1991 it has specialised in the treatment of patients with severe and complex neurological conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.holycross.org.uk/centenary-celebrations/ |title= Centenary Celebrations |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 25 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201125082602/http://www.holycross.org.uk/centenary-celebrations/ |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2021, it provides inpatient services for people with severe disabilities and long-term medical conditions. It also offers [[physiotherapy]] services to outpatients.<ref name=Holy_Cross_Hosp/>

[[File:Hindhead (15249069875).jpg|thumb|right|High Rough Hospital during the First World War]]
There were two auxiliary hospitals in the Haslemere area during the First World War. Both were affiliates of the Frensham Hill Military Hospital and were named after the country houses in which they were established. High Rough Hospital had 40 beds and was opened on Farnham Lane in May 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/story/high-rough-auxiliary-military-hospital/ |title= High Rough Auxiliary Military Hospital |last= Middleton |first= Imogen |date= 6 January 2016 |publisher= Surrey in the Great War |access-date= 16 October 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Church Hill Hospital was opened in April 1917 with 38 beds.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/story/church-hill-hospital/ |title= Church Hill Hospital, Haslemere |last= Middleton |first= Imogen |date= 5 January 2016 |publisher= Surrey in the Great War |access-date= 16 October 2021 |archive-date= 16 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211016162007/https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/story/church-hill-hospital/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

The first dedicated support centre for Haslemere residents with [[dementia]] was opened in 1994 at The Marjorie Gray Hall on Grayswood Road, to the north of the town centre.<ref name=Hunter_Centre>{{cite web |url= https://thehuntercentre.co.uk/about-us |title= About us |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 12 November 2021 |publisher= The Hunter Centre |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201004091204/https://www.thehuntercentre.co.uk/about-us |url-status= live }}</ref> Initially run by the [[Alzheimer's Society]], responsibility for the centre passed to a dedicated local charity in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last= Wiggan |first= Dylan |date= 12 August 2020 |title= How a local centre is making a difference with the dementia community |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/special-features/how-local-centre-making-difference-18732675 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 25 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210125173533/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/special-features/how-local-centre-making-difference-18732675 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 24 July 2017 |title= Hunter Centre opens |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=121241&headline=Hunter%20Centre%20opens&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211511/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=121241&headline=Hunter+Centre+opens&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |url-status= live }}</ref> The centre provides [[respite care|respite]] day care four days a week for people with dementia.<ref name=Hunter_Centre/>

The nearest hospital with an [[emergency department|accident and emergency department]] is the [[Royal Surrey County Hospital]] in Guildford.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=775 |title= Royal Surrey County Hospital |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 8 September 2015 |publisher= NHS |access-date= 15 October 2021 |archive-date= 1 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210301041741/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=775 |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Transport==
===Roads===
[[File:Milepost,_High_Street,_Haslemere_(geograph_5064690).jpg|thumb|right|[[Milestone|Mile post]], High Street]]
Many of the roads in the area originated as medieval tracks and owing to the local topography, are narrow, twisting and steep. The principal route through Haslemere is the A286, which connects the town with [[Godalming]] and Grayswood (to the north) and with [[Midhurst]] (to the south). The A287 runs south from Hindhead and passes through the west end of Shottermill, before joining the A286 close to Camelsdale. The main east–west road is the B2131, which links Haslemere to Chiddingfold and [[Petworth]] to the east,
and to [[Liphook]] to the west.<ref name=HDS/>

===Buses===
Haslemere is linked by a number of bus routes to surrounding towns and villages in south west Surrey, West Sussex and east Hampshire. Operators serving the town include [[Stagecoach South|Stagecoach]] and Waverley Hoppa.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/buses-and-other-transport/bus-timetables/guildford-godalming-and-haslemere |title= Guildford, Godalming and Haslemere bus timetables |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 3 September 2021 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 May 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190504161038/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/buses-and-other-transport/bus-timetables/guildford-godalming-and-haslemere |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Trains===
[[File:Haslemere railway station in Sept 2007 (1).jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of the front of Haslemere railway station|Front of [[Haslemere railway station]] ]]
[[Haslemere railway station]] is to the west of the town centre. It is managed by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]], which operates all services. Trains run to {{rws|London Waterloo}} via {{rws|Guildford}} and to {{rws|Portsmouth Harbour}} via {{rws|Havant}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/at-the-station/haslemere |title= Trains to Haslemere station |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= South Western Railway |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910192540/https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/at-the-station/haslemere |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Cycling===
The Haslemere Link is a spur of the Surrey Cycleway. It runs north east from the town to join the main circular route to the east of Chiddingfold.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/132001/Surrey-Cycleway-Map-updated-July-2019.pdf |title= The Surrey Cycleway |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 7 August 2019 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 2 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102017/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/132001/Surrey-Cycleway-Map-updated-July-2019.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Long-distance footpaths===
Haslemere is the western terminus of the [[Greensand Way]], a long-distance footpath that runs for {{convert|108|mi|km}} along the [[Greensand Ridge]] to [[Hamstreet]] in [[Kent]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/walking/long-walks/the-greensand-way-long-distance-route |title= The Greensand Way long-distance route |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 17 December 2020 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 2 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102023/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/walking/long-walks/the-greensand-way-long-distance-route |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/29457/CS3173_Greensand_way_INTRO_May_2016_smaller.pdf |title= The Greensand Way: Along and around the Greensand Way - a route guide |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 17 May 2016 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910192540/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/29457/CS3173_Greensand_way_INTRO_May_2016_smaller.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> The {{convert|64|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Serpent Trail]] links Haslemere to [[Petersfield, Hampshire|Petersfield]] via [[Blackdown, West Sussex|Blackdown]] and Petworth.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SDNP-Serpent-Trail-Op-D6-V2-14-05-15-LR-Final.pdf |title= The Serpent Trail: Official Guide |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= South Downs National Park |date= 3 January 2019 |access-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-date= 1 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210501082023/https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SDNP-Serpent-Trail-Op-D6-V2-14-05-15-LR-Final.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> The [[Sussex Border Path]] runs to the south of Haslemere and Shottermill.<ref name=Bathurst_2012/>

==Education==
===Maintained schools===
St Bartholomew's Primary School was founded as a [[National school (England and Wales)|National school]] {{circa|1813}}.<ref name="Rolston_1978a_p88"/> In 1869 a school board was established in Haslemere, which commissioned the construction of a new building adjacent to the parish church.<ref name="harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=17"/><ref>{{NHLE|num=1244086|desc= St Bartholomew's Church School|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The school moved to its current site on Derby Road in 1986.<ref>{{harvnb|Winter|2002|p=26}}</ref>

Shottermill Infant School and Shottermill Junior School trace their origins to a Church of England school that was opened in the village {{circa|1846}}. Initially there were 40 pupils and only one teacher,<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=258}}</ref> but as numbers increased, the school moved to new premises to the north east of Shottermill Church. The building was extended in 1885 and again in 1896–98.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|pp=261–262}}</ref> In the early 1900s, the infants department became a separate school in its own right and moved to Church Road.<ref name=Winter_2002_p105>{{harvnb|Winter|2002|p=105}}</ref> In 1927, the county council took over the running of the two schools and constructed new premises for each on Lion Lane.<ref name=Turner_2005_p263>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=263}}</ref>{{refn|The old Church School premises at Junction Place are now used by the Shottermill Club,<ref name=Turner_2005_p263/> which was originally founded in 1892.<ref name=Winter_2002_p105/>|group=note}}

Grayswood Primary School was founded as a National school in 1862.<ref name=Grayswood_Club>{{cite web |url= https://www.grayswoodclub.co.uk/about |title= About |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Grayswood Village Club |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118171803/https://www.grayswoodclub.co.uk/about |url-status= live }}</ref> It moved to its current site, as an infants' school, in January 1905 with 100 pupils.<ref>{{harvnb|Winter|2002|p=79}}</ref> It was expanded in 2015 to become a primary school, educating up to 210 children between the ages of 4 and 11.<ref>{{cite news |last= Taylor |first= Becca |date= 23 September 2015 |title= Delayed reopening for Grayswood Primary School after bad weather hit building works |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/delayed-reopening-grayswood-primary-school-10120514 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-date= 7 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210307032334/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/delayed-reopening-grayswood-primary-school-10120514 |url-status= live }}</ref>

Woolmer Hill School is a secondary school to the north west of Shottermill. It was constructed in 1950 on a {{convert|10|ha|acre|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} site, under the provisions of the [[Education Act 1944]].<ref name=Haslemere_NP/><ref name=Turner_2005_p263/> It became a member of the Weydon Multi-Academy Trust in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 18 February 2019 |title= School goes from strength to strength |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=134171&headline=School%20goes%20from%20strength%20to%20strength&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171738/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=134171&headline=School+goes+from+strength+to+strength&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2025, it educated around 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.woolmerhill.surrey.sch.uk/326/welcome-from-the-headteacher |title= Welcome from the Headteacher |last= Talbot |first= Clare |year= 2021 |publisher= Woolmer Hill School |access-date=16 March 2025 |archive-date= 19 January 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250119101300/https://www.woolmerhill.surrey.sch.uk/326/welcome-from-the-headteacher |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Independent schools===
St Ives School, to the north east of Haslemere town centre, is a coeducational [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|prep school]] for children aged 2–11.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.stiveshaslemere.com/about-us/about-st-ives-school |title= St Ives School Haslemere: About us |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= United Learning |access-date= 19 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918134114/https://www.stiveshaslemere.com/about-us/about-st-ives-school |url-status= live }}</ref> It was founded in College Hill in 1911 and moved to its current location in Three Gates Lane in 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.stiveshaslemere.com/about-us/our-history |title= St Ives School Haslemere: Our history |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= United Learning |access-date= 19 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133936/https://www.stiveshaslemere.com/about-us/our-history |url-status= live }}</ref> The school became part of [[United Learning]] in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://unitedlearning.org.uk/news/st-ives-school-joins-united-learning |title= St Ives School joins United Learning |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 31 March 2015 |orig-date= 11 July 2013 |publisher= United Learning |access-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171831/https://unitedlearning.org.uk/news/st-ives-school-joins-united-learning |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[The Royal School, Haslemere|The Royal School]] is a coeducational day and boarding school to the north of Shottermill. It was founded in 1840 as the Royal Naval School and was intended to educate the sisters and daughters of naval and marine officers. It merged in 1995 with The Grove School, also a girls-only school, to create The Royal School. In 2011 the school became co-educational and in 2019 it became part of United Learning.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.royal-school.org/about-us/our-history-our-future |title= Our history & our future |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= The Royal School |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171852/https://www.royal-school.org/about-us/our-history-our-future |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.royal-school-archive.org/default.aspx |title= The Royal School Digital Archives |author=<!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= The Royal School |access-date= 18 September 2021 }}</ref>

===Former schools===
[[Stoatley Rough School]] was founded in 1934 by Hilde Lion to educate the children of [[Jews|Jewish]] refugees, who had fled from Nazi Germany.<ref>{{cite news |last= Evans |first= Alec |date= 27 January 2021 |title= Three Surrey areas where Jewish children found refuge during World War Two |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/three-surrey-areas-jewish-children-19700509 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 5 December 2021 |archive-date= 5 December 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211205121452/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/three-surrey-areas-jewish-children-19700509 |url-status= live }}</ref> As war approached, the boarding school accepted many children rescued under the ''[[Kindertransport]]'' scheme. After the end of the war it began to focus on educating disadvantaged British pupils. It closed in 1960, following the retirement of its founder.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/refugees/stoatley_rough_school/ |title= Stoatley Rough School |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 20 November 2018 |orig-date= 18 March 2010 |publisher= Exploring Surrey's Past |access-date= 5 December 2021 |archive-date= 26 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201026120712/https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/refugees/stoatley_rough_school/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/the-stoatley-rough-school-historical-trust/ |title= The Stoatley Rough School Historical Trust |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 16 January 2020 |orig-date= 14 November 2018 |publisher= Exploring Surrey's Past |access-date= 5 December 2021 |archive-date= 27 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200227053249/https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/the-stoatley-rough-school-historical-trust/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Wispers School]] was an independent girls' boarding school originally founded in 1947. It moved to [[Oak Hall, Haslemere|Oak Hall]] in 1969 and closed in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/local/shock_closure_of_award_winning_school_1_1548251 |title= Shock closure of award-winning school |date=6 May 2008 |access-date=21 May 2011 |work=Midhurst and Petworth Observer |archive-date=4 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004082900/http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/local/shock_closure_of_award_winning_school_1_1548251 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1393631|desc=Oak Hall (Wispers School)|grade=II|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>

===Religious institute===
[[File:Branksome_Conference_and_Training_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_59530.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere campus of [[Jamia Ahmadiyya]], formerly Branksome Conference Centre]]
The UK campus of the Islamic university, [[Jamia Ahmadiyya]], was founded in [[Colliers Wood]] in 2005 and relocated to Haslemere in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/history/#uk |title= Retracing our steps: The History of Jamia Ahmadiyya |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 7 March 2021 |orig-date= 15 February 2021 |publisher= Jamia Ahmadiyya UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171847/https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/history/#uk |url-status= live }}</ref> It offers a seven-year course to train missionaries from the [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim Community<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/ |title= Jamia Ahmadiyya United Kingdom |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 14 July 2021 |publisher= Jamia Ahmadiyya UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 24 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210424053730/https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 7 February 2016 |title= Islam teaches "love for all" |url= https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=106815&headline=Islam%20teaches%20'love%20for%20all'&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016 |work= Farnham Herald |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171845/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=106815&headline=Islam+teaches+%E2%80%98love+for+all%E2%80%99&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016 |url-status= live }}</ref> and educates over 130 students at any one time.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/about/ |title= About us |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 6 March 2021 |publisher= Jamia Ahmadiyya UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171911/https://www.jamiaahmadiyya.uk/about/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The Haslemere campus is a Grade II*-listed former country house, built in 1901, which was the International Education Centre for [[Olivetti S.p.A.|Olivetti]] in the early 1970s. Design work for the conversion to an education centre was undertaken by the architects [[Ted Cullinan]] and [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]] and involved the addition of a new classroom wing built from [[glass-reinforced plastic]]. In 1997 it became a conference centre, run by the [[De Vere (hotel operator)|De Vere hotel group]], and was acquired by Jamia Ahmadiyya UK in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pressahmadiyya.com/press-releases/2012/11/new-jamia-ahmadiyya-uk-building-inaugurated/ |title= New Jamia Ahmadiyya UK Building Inaugurated |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 1 November 2012 |publisher= Ahmadiyya Muslim community |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 20 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210120140653/https://www.pressahmadiyya.com/press-releases/2012/11/new-jamia-ahmadiyya-uk-building-inaugurated/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1244332|desc=Branksome Conference Centre|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

==Places of worship==
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{{see also|List of places of worship in Waverley (borough)}}

===St Bartholomew's Church===
[[File:St Bartholomew's Church, Haslemere, Surrey.jpg|thumb|right|St Bartholomew's Church]]
St Bartholomew's Church is thought to have been founded as a chapel in the 13th century, and the square tower at the west end is thought to date from this period. The remainder of the building dates from a reconstruction by [[John Penfold]] in 1871.{{refn|Following its reconstruction, St Bartholomew 's Church was [[consecration|consecrated]] on 28 July 1871 by [[Samuel Wilberforce]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jessel|2007|p=18}}</ref>|group=note}} The west window of the north aisle is thought to incorporate 17th-century Flemish glass panels and the [[Holy Grail]] is illustrated in the Tennyson memorial window, designed by [[Edward Burne-Jones]]. The polychromatic marble [[baptismal font|font]] dates to 1870 and the [[pipe organ|organ]] case incorporates a {{circa|1900}} [[Morris & Co.]] tapestry. The wooden pulpit, which features [[linenfold]] panelling, dates from the late 19th or early 20th century.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1243899|desc=Church of St Bartholomew|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

===St Stephen's Church, Shottermill===
St Stephen's Church was originally built in 1841 as a chapel in the parish of Frensham. The tower was completed in 1846 and the building was consecrated the same year. The [[chancel]] was designed by John Penfold {{circa|1875}} and the [[Lady chapel]] was added in 1909–10. As part of a renovation undertaken in 2005–06, [[underfloor heating]] and a baptismal pool were installed.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.shottermillparish.org.uk/history/ |title= History |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= St Stephen's |access-date= 8 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918025701/http://www.shottermillparish.org.uk/history/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===All Saints' Church, Grayswood===
{{main|All Saints' Church, Grayswood}}
[[File:All Saints Church, Grayswood Road, Grayswood (June 2015) (8).JPG|thumb|right|[[All Saints' Church, Grayswood|All Saints' Church]]]]
The [[ecclesiastical parish]] of Grayswood was formed in 1901 from parts of the parishes of [[Witley]], [[Chiddingfold]], Haslemere and [[Thursley]]. [[Alfred Hugh Harman]], a local resident, agreed to finance the construction of a church on condition that a new parish was created.<ref name=Malden_1911_pp45-49/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Mr A. H. Harman |date= 27 May 1913 |page= 11 |issue= 40222 }}</ref>{{refn|The land on which the church was built was given by [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|Lord Derby]].<ref name=Malden_1911_pp45-49/>|group=note}} All Saints' Church was designed by the Swedish architect, [[Axel Haig]], in a 13th-century style, influenced by the [[Arts and Crafts movement]]. The building was completed in 1902 and is constructed of [[Bargate stone]] rubble with [[freestone (masonry)|freestone]] dressings. The tower has a timber-framed [[belfry (architecture)|belfry]] and is topped by a shingled spire. The interior includes an [[embroidery]] of the [[Annunciation]], thought to be original, and paintings of [[Moses]] and [[David]] on [[linen]], attributed to [[Carl Almquist]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1243910|desc=Church of All Saints|access-date=17 September 2021|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In the churchyard is a [[granite]] memorial stone to Axel Haig, carved in the shape of a [[Vikings|Viking]] sail, which bears a [[relief]] of a [[longship]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1243911|desc=Memorial stone to Axel Haig in churchyard of Church of All Saints|access-date=17 September 2021|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

===St Christopher's Church===
St Christopher's Church was constructed between 1902 and 1904 in the Free Late-Gothic style. It is built from coursed [[Bargate stone]] rubble with [[ironstone]] [[galleting]]. The square tower at the south west corner is topped with a chequerboard decoration, which is also featured on the west gable end. The east window was designed in 1928 in the style of [[Christopher Whall]] and the north chapel added in 1935. Between the chancel and [[nave]] is a hanging [[icon]] of the [[crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]], installed in 1950 in memory of the curate, [[Christopher Tanner]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244472|desc=Church of St Christopher|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

===Church of Our Lady of Lourdes===
[[File:Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Weydon Road, Haslemere (June 2015) (3).JPG|thumb|right|Church of Our Lady of Lourdes]]
The Catholic congregation in Haslemere traces its origins to 1908, when [[Franciscans]] from [[St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth|Chilworth Friary]] began to hold regular [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Masses]] at Oaklands Hotel. In 1923, the services relocated to the High Street and a year later, the new church was completed. Our Lady of Lourdes was consecrated in 1932 and stained glass windows, designed by [[Geoffrey Webb (artist)|Geoffrey Fuller Webb]], were installed between 1935 and 1937.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.catholichaslemere.com/copy-of-parish-history |title= Parish history |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Catholic Parish of Haslemere, Hindhead & Chiddingfold |access-date= 17 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210904151836/https://www.catholichaslemere.com/copy-of-parish-history |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Culture==
===Art===
[[File:Alexander Fraser (1827-1899) - A Sheepfold, Haslemere - NG 1481 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|thumb|right|''A Sheepfold, Haslemere'' ({{circa|1868}}) by [[Alexander Fraser (painter)|Alexander Fraser]]{{refn|''A Sheepfold, Haslemere'' by Alexander Fraser (1827-1899) is held by the [[Scottish National Gallery]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4923/sheepfold-haslemere |author= <!--Not stated--> |title= Alexander Fraser ''A Sheepfold, Haslemere'' |publisher= National Galleries Scotland |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133753/https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4923/sheepfold-haslemere |url-status= live }}</ref>|group=note}}]]
Several artists have painted landscapes of the Haslemere area, including [[George Shalders]] ({{circa|1826}}–1873),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/near-haslemere-surrey-46959 |title= ''Near Haslemere, Surrey'' by George Shalders (c.1826–1873) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133749/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/near-haslemere-surrey-46959 |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Alexander Fraser (painter)|Alexander Fraser]] (1827–1899),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-sheepfold-haslemere-210067 |title= ''A Sheepfold, Haslemere'' by Alexander Fraser (1827–1899) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133756/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-sheepfold-haslemere-210067 |url-status= live }}</ref> [[George Vicat Cole]] (1833–1893)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/haslemere-surrey-21080 |title= ''Haslemere, Surrey'' by George Vicat Cole (1833–1893) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133753/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/haslemere-surrey-21080 |url-status= live }}</ref> and [[Cecil Gordon Lawson]] (1849–1882).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/haslemere-surrey-40114 |title= ''Haslemere, Surrey'' by Cecil Gordon Lawson (1849–1882) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 29 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210129085137/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/haslemere-surrey-40114 |url-status= live }}</ref> The [[Haslemere Educational Museum]] holds several artworks, including a [[bust (sculpture)|bust]] of [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] by [[Thomas Woolner]] (1825–1892),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alfred-tennyson-18091892-253285 |title= ''Alfred Tennyson'' by Thomas Woolner (1825–1892) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133816/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alfred-tennyson-18091892-253285 |url-status= live }}</ref> portraits by [[Frank Dicksee]] (1853–1928)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/miss-edith-fitton-12431/ |title= ''Miss Edith Fitton'' by Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133830/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/miss-edith-fitton-12431 |url-status= live }}</ref> and [[Vera Cummings]] (1891–1940),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/portrait-of-a-mori-woman-12445 |title= ''Portrait of a Māori Woman'' by Vera Cummings (1891–1949) (after Charles Frederick Goldie) |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133753/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/portrait-of-a-mori-woman-12445 |url-status= live }}</ref> as well as several carved wooden figures from the [[Yoruba art|Yoruba]] School of Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:nigerian-yoruba-school |title= Nigerian (Yoruba) School |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133751/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:nigerian-yoruba-school |url-status= live }}</ref>

Among the [[List of public art in Surrey#Haslemere|works of public art in the town]], is a bust of Elizabeth I by Malcolm Stathers, which commemorates the charter issued to Haslemere by the queen.<ref name=Hall_talk/> In 2019, a series of four sculptures was commissioned from the artist, Andrew Brighty. The works are inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement and are intended to form part of an arts trail around the town.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 8 October 2019 |title= Forging ahead with new arts initiative |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=137415&headline=Forging%20ahead%20with%20new%20arts%20initiative&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |work= Farnham Herald |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118170416/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=137415&headline=Forging%20ahead%20with%20new%20arts%20initiative&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |url-status= live }}</ref> The first two works, in the High Street and at Clements Corner, were installed in 2020 and are entitled ''Progress'' and ''Mimesis'' respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lionfest.co.uk/planters/ |title= Planters in the sky |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= September 2020 |publisher= Haslemere Fringe Festival |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118171755/https://www.lionfest.co.uk/planters/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Wise |first= Lauren |date= 13 September 2020 |title= Second in series of sculptures unveiled as 'gift to town' |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=140276&headline=Second%20in%20series%20of%20sculptures%20unveiled%20as%20%27gift%20to%20town%27&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2020 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118170416/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=140276&headline=Second%20in%20series%20of%20sculptures%20unveiled%20as%20%27gift%20to%20town%27&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2020 |url-status= live }}</ref> The third sculpture, ''Serenade to the Sky'', celebrates the area's musical connections and was unveiled near Lion Green in March 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thisishaslemere.co.uk/planters-in-the-sky |title= What's on in Haslemere? Planters in the Sky |last= Houghton |first= Olga |date= 25 March 2021 |publisher= Haslemere – This is the place |access-date= 18 November 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Music===
The musician and instrument maker, [[Arnold Dolmetsch]], was born in France in 1858 and moved with his son, [[Carl Dolmetsch]] to Haslemere in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/arnold--carl-dolmetsch.html |title= Arnold and Carl Dolmetsch blue plaque |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 4 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104140826/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/arnold--carl-dolmetsch.html |url-status= live }}</ref> The family repopularised the [[recorder (instrument)|recorder]] and began the revival of other [[early music|early musical instruments]]. In 1925, they launched the Haslemere Festival, which later became the annual International Dolmetsch Early Music Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last= Godwin |first= Sheilagh |date= 13 July 1997 |title= Obituary: Carl Dolmetsch |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-carl-dolmetsch-1250692.html |work= The Independent |access-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211031181650/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-carl-dolmetsch-1250692.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/arnold--carl-dolmetsch.html |title= Arnold and Carl Dolmetsch Blue Plaque |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-date= 4 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104140826/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/arnold--carl-dolmetsch.html |url-status= live }}</ref> From 1997 to 2018, the director of the festival was Carl Dolmetsch's daughter, Jeanne-Marie Dolmetsch.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2 December 2018 |title= Tributes paid to early music revivalist Jeanne-Marie Dolmetsch |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=131598&headline=Tributes+paid+to+early+music+revivalist+Jeanne-Marie+Dolmetsch&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211519/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=131598&headline=Tributes+paid+to+early+music+revivalist+Jeanne-Marie+Dolmetsch&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |url-status= live }}</ref>

Founded as the Haslemere Orchestral Society in 1923, the Haslemere Musical Society acquired its current name in 1939. Among its former conductors are [[Anthony Bernard]], the founder of the [[London Chamber Orchestra]],<ref>{{harvnb|Chandler|1973|p=91}}</ref><ref name=Music_Soc>{{cite web |url= https://www.hmsoc.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=history |title= History |last= Sharpe |first= Peter |date= 20 July 2020 |publisher= Haslemere Musical Society |access-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-date= 20 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211020170206/https://www.hmsoc.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=history |url-status= live }}</ref> the composer [[John Gardner (composer)|John Gardner]] and [[John Lubbock (conductor)|John Lubbock]], founder of the [[Orchestra of St John's|Orchestra of St John's Smith Square]]. In 2007, the society commissioned the choral work ''Lord of All Creation'' by outgoing conductor, Darrell Davison. The current conductor is [[James Ross (conductor)|James Ross]]. The society gives regular concerts in the local area and holds an annual "come and sing" event.<ref name=Music_Soc/>

Haslemere Town Band was officially founded in 1837 following the amalgamation of two small bands which had started in 1834.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114858&headline=Museum%20has%20a%20new%20acquisition&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016|title=Museum has a new acquisition|date=23 November 2016|newspaper=Farnham Herald|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213005/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114858&headline=Museum%20has%20a%20new%20acquisition&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Haslemere Players===
The Haslemere Players is an amateur dramatics society and musical theatre group, based in the town. It was officially founded in 1905, but a group had been staging regular performances since the 1890s.<ref>{{harvnb|Chandler|1973|p=96}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemereplayers.com/history/ |title= History |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Players |access-date= 28 October 2021 |archive-date= 2 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210302204408/https://www.haslemereplayers.com/history/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Haslemere Charter Fair===
[[File:Haslemere Town Criers, 2012 Charter Fair (geograph 2933719).jpg|thumb|Town criers at the 2012 Charter Fair]]
{{See also|Charter fair}}
Permission to hold an annual fair in the town was first granted by [[Richard II]] in 1397<ref name=Conservation_Area/> and was confirmed by Elizabeth I in the charter of 1596.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p39/> The fair was revived in 1984 and is held on the early May [[bank holiday]] every two years. The event takes place on the High Street and on West Street, which are closed to traffic for the day.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretoday.com/charter-fair/ |title= Charter Fair |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 3 July 2017 |publisher= Haslemere Today |access-date= 15 November 2021 |archive-date= 3 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210303061802/https://haslemeretoday.com/charter-fair/ |url-status= live }}</ref> A competition for [[town crier]]s is held as part of the fair and the winner is awarded the Tennyson Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |last= Langlois |first= Andre |date= 9 May 2014 |title= Family fun in the sun at Haslemere Charter Fair |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/fun-sun-haslemere-charter-fair-7096778 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 15 November 2021 |archive-date= 30 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200930095042/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/fun-sun-haslemere-charter-fair-7096778 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemerefirst.com/haslemeres-town-crier-competition/ |title= Haslemere's Town Crier competition |last= Barton |first= Nikki |date= 2 May 2016 |publisher= Haslemere first |access-date= 15 November 2021 |archive-date= 27 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210127040137/http://www.haslemerefirst.com/haslemeres-town-crier-competition/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Sport==
===Leisure centres===
[[File:Haslemere Leisure Centre - geograph.org.uk - 2086175.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere Leisure Centre, 2010]]
Haslemere Leisure Centre, on the King's Road, was opened in 1998–99.{{refn|The leisure centre was built on the infilled former millpond of the Sickle Mill.<ref name=HDS/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/land-adjacent-to-sickle-mill-haslemere |title= Land adjacent to Sickle Mill, Haslemere |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Surrey Archaeological Society |access-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-date= 29 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211029201209/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/land-adjacent-to-sickle-mill-haslemere |url-status= live }}</ref>|group=note}} The construction was funded by the sale of Shottermill Recreation Ground, which had been owned by Waverley Borough Council since 1974.<ref name=Shottermill_Rec>{{cite web |url= https://modgov.waverley.gov.uk/documents/s26156/Shottermill%20Recreation%20Ground%20Trust%20AFR%20310318.pdf |title= Shottermill Recreation Ground Trust |last= Clark |first= Graeme |date= 31 August 2018 |publisher= Waverley Borough Council |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133751/https://modgov.waverley.gov.uk/documents/s26156/Shottermill%20Recreation%20Ground%20Trust%20AFR%20310318.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>{{refn|The Shottermill Recreation Ground was sold to Shottermill Parish Council in 1909 and passed to the Haslemere UDC in 1933. A swimming pool was built on the site in 1950. The area is now occupied by the Tesco supermarket.<ref>{{harvnb|Turner|2005|p=357}}</ref>|group=note}} The centre underwent a £3.8M refurbishment 2014–15, which included the upgrade of the fitness gym facilities and the addition of dance and cycling studios.<ref name=Shottermill_Rec/><ref>{{cite news |last= Nightingale |first= Laura |date= 23 January 2015 |title= Haslemere Leisure Centre reopens after £4m revamp |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/haslemere-leisure-centre-reopens-after-8504709 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 25 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200925180713/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/haslemere-leisure-centre-reopens-after-8504709 |url-status= live }}</ref> The centre is managed by Places Leisure, on behalf of the borough council.<ref>{{cite web |title= Haslemere Leisure Centre |url= https://www.surreyinformationpoint.org.uk/Services/1707 |publisher= Surrey Information Point |date= 9 April 2020 |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133751/https://www.surreyinformationpoint.org.uk/Services/1707 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The Edge Leisure Centre is on Woolmer Hill Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Edge Leisure Centre |url=https://www.surreyinformationpoint.org.uk/Services/1700 |publisher=Surrey Information Point |date=9 April 2020 |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133820/https://www.surreyinformationpoint.org.uk/Services/1700 |url-status=live }}</ref> The centre has an indoor dance studio and fitness suite, outdoor pitches for sports including football and rugby, as well as an athletics track.<ref>{{cite news |date= 15 November 2018 |title= 'Don't axe The Edge' pleads chairman |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=123142&headline=%27Don%27t%20axe%20the%20Edge%27%20pleads%20chairman&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133827/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=123142&headline=%27Don%27t+axe+the+Edge%27+pleads+chairman&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |url-status= live }}</ref> A new artificial hockey pitch was installed at the centre in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |date= 15 November 2018 |title= Town's leisure centre has more competitive 'Edge' |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=131414&headline=Town's%20leisure%20centre%20has%20more%20competitive%20'Edge'&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133805/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=131414&headline=Town%E2%80%99s+leisure+centre+has+more+competitive+%E2%80%98Edge%E2%80%99&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Association Football===
[[Shottermill & Haslemere F.C.|Shottermill & Haslemere Football Club]] was founded in 2001 as an amalgamation of two existing clubs. The club plays its home games at Woolmer Hill Sports Ground and has been a member of the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) since 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theclubhq.com/shottermill-haslemere-fc/about |title= Shottermill & Haslemere FC |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= The Club HQ |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 5 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210505215709/https://www.theclubhq.com/shottermill-haslemere-fc/about |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Cricket===
Haslemere Cricket Club was founded in 1827<ref name=Haslemere_Cricket>{{cite web |url= https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/haslemerecricket/a/about-haslemere-cricket--43322.html |title= About Haslemere Cricket |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2 April 2016 |publisher= Pitchero |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133753/https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/haslemerecricket/a/about-haslemere-cricket--43322.html |url-status= live }}</ref> and originally played its home games at a field near the High Street. The club moved to Haste Hill in 1850 and then to Lythe Hill in 1868.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_pp92-94/> Since 1922, the club has played at the recreation ground on Scotland Lane.<ref name=Haslemere_Cricket/><ref name=Rolston_1978b_p70>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=70}}</ref>

[[File:Grayswood cricket 2015.jpg|thumb|Grayswood cricket, 2015]]
Cricket has been played on the [[village green]] at Grayswood since the early 20th century and there have been at least three incarnations of the local club.<ref name=FH_Grayswood_CC>{{cite news |date= 28 September 2017 |title= Another Gloak lifts I'Anson Cup for Grayswood |url= https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=123457&headline=Another%20Gloak%20lifts%20I'Anson%20Cup%20for%20Grayswood&sectionIs=sport&searchyear=2017 |work= Farnham Herald |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133753/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=123457&headline=Another+Gloak+lifts+I%E2%80%99Anson+Cup+for+Grayswood&sectionIs=sport&searchyear=2017 |url-status= live }}</ref> The current Grayswood Cricket Club was reformed in 1989 and has been a member of the I'Anson League since the 1997 season.<ref>{{cite web
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===Hockey===
Haslemere Hockey Club was founded in 1946 and plays its home games at Woolmer Hill Sports Ground, which has two [[AstroTurf]] pitches.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemerehockey.com/about/ |title= About us |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Hockey Club |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 19 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210119090750/https://www.haslemerehockey.com/about/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Rugby===
Haslemere Community Rugby Club was founded in 1950 and was initially sponsored by [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]. At first, it played its home games at the recreation ground on Scotland Lane, but later moved to its current base at the Woolmer Hill Sports Ground.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemererugby.co.uk/a/our-clubs-history--major-events-58244.html |title= Our club's history & major events |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Pitchero |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133808/https://www.haslemererugby.co.uk/a/our-clubs-history--major-events-58244.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Notable buildings and landmarks==
===Community centres===
[[File:Haslemere Youth Hub (Nov 2021).jpg|thumb|Haslemere Youth Hub]]
Grayswood Village Club was founded in 1905 as a reading room and social space for local residents. The building dates from 1862, when it was constructed as a National school. It was also used as a place of worship from 1884 until the opening of All Saints' Church in 1902. By 1905, the school had outgrown the premises and moved to a new site. The vacated building was purchased by Frederick Albert Robers and was placed in trust for the village community.<ref name=Grayswood_Club/>

The Haslewey Centre, on Lion Green, has been run as a local community centre by an independent charity since 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslewey.org/about-the-haslewey/ |title= About |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= The Haslewey, Haslemere |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 11 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210411032335/https://haslewey.org/about-the-haslewey/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/APPENDIX-7-Haslewey-accounts.pdf |title= Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2019 for Haslemere and District Community Centre |last= Holland-Leader |first= James |date=  |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210414204623/https://haslemeretc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/APPENDIX-7-Haslewey-accounts.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> The centre has been a distribution point for the [[Meals on Wheels]] service, run by Waverley Borough Council, since January 2017<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 29 November 2016 |title= Replacement meals on wheels service set to start in new year |url= https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114985&headline=Replacement%20meals%20on%20wheels%20service%20set%20to%20start%20in%20new%20year&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211511/https://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114985&headline=Replacement+meals+on+wheels+service+set+to+start+in+new+year&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016 |url-status= live }}</ref> and has housed the town [[post office]] since January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 28 December 2017 |title= New post office will be "open all hours" |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=124845&headline=New%20post%20office%20will%20be%20'Open%20All%20Hours'&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211513/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=124845&headline=New+post+office+will+be+%E2%80%98Open+All+Hours%E2%80%99&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The Haslemere Youth Hub, on St Christopher's Road, was relaunched in 2019 by Waverley Borough Council. Previously known as the Wey Centre, it had been managed by Surrey County Council. The hub provides a safe space for young people to meet, six days a week, and offers a wide range of activities.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 8 March 2019 |title= New lease of life for youth centre |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=135333&headline=New%20lease%20of%20life%20for%20youth%20centre&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211512/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=135333&headline=New+lease+of+life+for+youth+centre&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |url-status= live }}</ref> The hub houses a counselling service for children as well as a café.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thehaslemerehub.com |title= The Haslemere Youth Hub |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2018 |publisher= The Haslemere Hub |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210118124145/https://www.thehaslemerehub.com/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

High Lane Community Centre is on Weycombe Road, to the north of the town centre.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 18 August 2006 |title= Community centre branded "an eyesore" |url= https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=474&headline=Community%20centre%20branded%20an%20eyesore&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2006 |work= Haslemere Herald |access-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114211512/https://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=474&headline=Community+centre+branded+an+eyesore&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2006 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Haslemere Hall===
[[File:Haslemere Hall - geograph.org.uk - 569667.jpg|thumb|right|Haslemere Hall]]
Haslemere Hall, on Bridge Road, is a theatre, cinema and music venue. It opened in January 1914 and its design, by the architect Annesley Brownrigg, was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement. During the First World War, it was used as a [[drill hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/about-haslemere-hall/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918022648/http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/about-haslemere-hall/ |archive-date=18 September 2021 |title= About Haslemere Hall |author=<!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Hall |access-date= 17 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sashwindow.com/the-history-and-architecture-of-haslemere-surrey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125001556/https://www.sashwindow.com/the-history-and-architecture-of-haslemere-surrey/ |archive-date=25 January 2021 |title= The history and architecture of Haslemere, Surrey |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 16 October 2017 |publisher= The Sash Window Workshop |access-date= 17 September 2021}}</ref>

===Haslemere Educational Museum===
{{main|Haslemere Educational Museum}}
Haslemere Educational Museum was founded in 1888 by the surgeon, [[Jonathan Hutchinson]], who was an amateur collector of biological, geological and anthropological specimens. Initially the museum was located at Hutchinson's Haslemere home, Inval, but moved to its current location on the High Street in 1926. In the same year, it acquired a collection of European Folk Art from the Peasant Arts Museum, which had been located in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/about.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918022644/https://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/about.html |archive-date=18 September 2021 |title= About us |author=<!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Educational Museum |access-date= 17 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/collections/des/peasant-arts/Peasant-Arts-Collection.html |title= "For love not money" Haslemere Peasant Art |last= Davies |first= G.S. |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Museum |access-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-date= 8 April 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180408125324/http://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/collections/des/peasant-arts/Peasant-Arts-Collection.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Replica Penfold pillar box===
[[File:Penfold post box, Haslemere - geograph.org.uk - 1044643.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Penfold pillar box]]
A [[replica]] Victorian [[pillar box]] was installed outside the Georgian Hotel on the High Street in July 1992. It is an exact copy of a "Penfold box" which was the standard design used by the Post Office from 1866 to 1879. It honours the local architect, John Penfold, who was responsible for its design.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/december_2014_-_penfold.pdf |title= Haslemere Uncovered |last= Serman |first= Robert |date= 24 November 2014 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 17 September 2021 |archive-date= 4 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171852/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/december_2014_-_penfold.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4164048 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918003901/https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4164048 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |title= A replica Penfold pillar box, Haslemere High Street |last= Voller |first= Derek |date= 6 September 2014 |publisher= The Sash Window Workshop |access-date= 17 September 2021}}</ref>

===Town Hall===
[[File:Haslemere town hall and war memorial.jpg|thumb|right|[[Haslemere Town Hall]] and war memorial]]
[[Haslemere Town Hall]], at the south end of the High Street, was constructed in 1814. Originally a [[market house]], it replaced an older wooden building, that had stood immediately to the north.<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p77/><ref name=Rolston_1978a_p88/> It was transferred to the Parish Council in 1897<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978a|p=97}}</ref> and the upper floor was used as the debating chamber until 1926, when the UDC moved to the former museum building.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p79/>

===War memorials===
The limestone war memorial in Haslemere High Street, was designed by [[Inigo Triggs]] in 1920–21. It takes the form of a gabled stone cross, supported on an octagonal column, which in turn rests on a stepped stone base.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1390566|desc=War Memorial, The Green|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> It commemorates 62 local residents who died in WWI, whose names are inscribed on the plinth. The surnames of 47 people who died in the WWII are listed on bronze plaques.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23646 |title= Haslemere: Cross |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2017 |publisher= Imperial War Museum |access-date= 17 September 2021 |archive-date= 17 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210917201127/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23646 |url-status= live }}</ref> A restoration project, undertaken in 2018, included the repair and replacement of damaged stonework and was partly funded by the [[War Memorials Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=563 |title= Haslemere |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= War Memorials Trust |access-date= 17 September 2021 |archive-date= 6 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160406180010/http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=563 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The Grayswood war memorial is to the south of the village, on the west side of the A286. It takes the form of a freestanding stone cross and the base is inscribed with the words "Peace to those who died that we might live". It commemorates 19 local residents who died in WWI and three residents who died in WWII.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23636 |title= Grayswood: Cross |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2017 |publisher= Imperial War Museum |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118173948/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23636 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/259923/ |title= Grayswood war memorial |author= <!--Not stated--> |orig-date= 28 September 2018 |date= 16 September 2019 |publisher= War Memorials Online |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118173951/https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/259923/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Parks and open spaces==
===Grayswood===
The [[National Trust]] owns a {{convert|4.17|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} area of mature oak and yew woodland between Grayswood village and Haslemere.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/grayswood/ |title= Grayswood |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Woodland Trust |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 1 December 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201201031641/https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/grayswood/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Grayswood Common, St George's Wood===
Grayswood Common and St George's Wood are located between Grayswood village and Haslemere and have a combined area of {{convert|16.43|ha|acre|abbr=on}}.<ref name=WT_Grayswood>{{cite web |url= https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/grayswood-common-and-st-georges-wood/ |title= Grayswood Common and St George's Wood |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Woodland Trust |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 1 December 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201201023137/https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/grayswood-common-and-st-georges-wood/ |url-status= live }}</ref> They were acquired by the Urban District Council (UDC) in 1953<ref>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=99}}</ref> and are now owned by Waverley Borough Council.<ref name=WT_Grayswood/>

===Haste Hill===
Haste Hill is a {{convert|12.25|ha|acre|0|adj=on|abbr=on}} woodland to the south east of the town, owned by Waverley Borough Council.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/haste-hill-common/ |title= Haste Hill Common |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Woodland Trust |access-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-date= 18 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210118043033/https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/haste-hill-common/ |url-status= live }}</ref> There was a [[tenement]] on the hill in the 14th century and it may have been the site of the original settlement of Haslemere.<ref name=Malden_1911_pp45-49/> In the early 18th century, an [[optical telegraph]] station, part of the [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] Semaphore line between London and [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth]] was constructed on Haste Hill. It operated from 1822 until 1847, when it was superseded by an [[electrical telegraph]] line between the two cities.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/surreys-semaphore-stations/ |title= Signal the fleet! Surrey's Semaphore Stations |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 1 May 2019 |orig-date= 13 February 2017 |publisher= Exploring Surrey's Past |access-date= 21 October 2021 |archive-date= 22 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170622164605/http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/surreys-semaphore-stations/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Swanton|Woods|1914|pp=228–230}}</ref>

===Lion Green===
[[File:Lion Green, Shottermill, Haslemere (Nov 2021).jpg|thumb|Lion Green]]

Lion Green was designated a recreation ground and open space in the [[Inclosure Act 1845]].<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p70/> The green is used for several community events including the annual Haslemere Classic Car Festival and the biennial Haslemere Fringe Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haslemeretc.org/service/hiring-lion-green/ |title= Hiring Lion Green |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 11 June 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Town Council |access-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-date= 18 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118171758/https://haslemeretc.org/service/hiring-lion-green/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Recreation ground===
The {{convert|3.44|ha|acre|adj=on|abbr=on}} recreation ground adjoins Scotland Lane and Old Haslemere Road.<ref name=FiT_Rec>{{cite web |url= https://www.fieldsintrust.org/FieldSite/Haslemere-Recreation-Ground |title= Haslemere Recreation Ground |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Fields in Trust |access-date= 20 September 2021 |archive-date= 16 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211016162002/https://www.fieldsintrust.org/FieldSite/Haslemere-Recreation-Ground |url-status= live }}</ref> The land was purchased in 1921 by the War Memorial Committee, using surplus funds donated for the construction of the memorial in the High Street.<ref name=Rolston_1978b_p70/> It was presented to the UDC in the same year, in memory of those who had died in the First World War.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/Haslemere.html |title= Haslemere War Memorial |last= Jeffers |first= Barbara |year= 2006 |publisher= Roll of Honour |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 3 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192550/http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/Haslemere.html |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2015, the recreation ground was legally protected by the charity, [[Fields in Trust]], and was designated a Queen Elizabeth II field.<ref name=FiT_Rec/>

===Swan Barn Farm===
[[File:Footpath through Swan Barn Farm, Haslemere (geograph 4164045).jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to Swan Barn Farm]]
Swan Barn Farm, owned by the National Trust, is an area of grassland and ancient woodland to the east of Haslemere High Street. The {{convert|28|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} property includes two [[orchard]]s and is run as a [[smallholding]]. Areas of [[pasture]] are mown for [[hay]]making and are also [[conservation grazing|grazed]] by [[Belted Galloway]] cattle. The Hunter Base Camp, which provides accommodation for long-term volunteers working on Blackdown, is part of the farm.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemere-nt.com/sb.html |title= Swan Barn Farm |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2014 |publisher= Black Down & Hindhead Supporters of the National Trust |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 21 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180221073422/http://www.haslemere-nt.com/sb.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm |year= 2021 |title= Swan Barn Farm |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= National Trust |access-date= 18 September 2021 |archive-date= 30 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210730122901/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[John Boxall]] (d. 1571) {{en dash}} [[Secretary of State (England)|Secretary of State]] to [[Mary I of England|Mary I]], owned Burgage House (now the Haslemere Educational Museum)<ref name=Rolston_1978a_p2/>
* [[James Oglethorpe]] (1696{{en dash}}1785) {{en dash}} founded the [[Province of Georgia|Colony of Georgia]], was MP for Haslemere (1722–1754) and lived at Town House on the High Street<ref name=Conservation_Area/><ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=Betty|last=Wood|title=Oglethorpe, James Edward|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/20616}}</ref>
* [[Josiah Wood Whymper]] (1813{{en dash}}1903) {{en dash}} artist, lived at Town House, High Street, Haslemere from 1859 until his death<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=Oliver|last=Lois|title=Whymper, Josiah Wood|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/36885 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/josiah-wood--edward-whymper.html |title= Josiah Wood Whymper and Edward Whymper |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 21 November 2021 |archive-date= 17 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211117190049/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/josiah-wood--edward-whymper.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[George Bowdler Buckton]] (1818{{en dash}}1905) {{en dash}} [[chemist]] and [[entomology|entomologist]], designed his own house on Weycombe Road, where he lived from 1865<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=Robert|last=Steele|title=Buckton, George Bowdler|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32160 }}</ref>
* [[George Eliot]] (1819{{en dash}}1880) {{en dash}} novelist and poet, wrote much of ''[[Middlemarch]]'' while living in Shottermill in the summer of 1871<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/w-c-marshall.html |title= W. C. Marshall Blue Plaque |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 9 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910191740/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/w-c-marshall.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1244178|desc=Brookbank Middlemarch|grade=II|access-date=15 November 2012|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* Sir [[Francis Galton]] (1822–1911), polymath, died in Haslemere<ref>{{cite web | title = Biography of Francis Galton | url = https://www.galton.org/biography/biography.html }}</ref>
* [[George MacDonald]] (1824–1905), Scottish writer, lived in St George's Wood, Haslemere, from 1900 until his death.<ref>{{harvnb|Hein|Buechner|2014|pp=398–399}}</ref>
* [[Anne Gilchrist (writer)|Anne Gilchrist]] (1828{{en dash}}1885) {{en dash}} writer, lived in Shottermill from 1861 to 1871<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=Michael|last=Thorn|title=Gilchrist [née Burrows], Anne|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/10713 }}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Hutchinson]] (1828{{en dash}}1913) {{en dash}} surgeon, founded Haslemere Educational Museum<ref name=Hutchinson_1981>{{cite book |last=Hutchinson |first=Margaret |year=1981 |title=A childhood in Edwardian Sussex: the making of a naturalist |publisher=Saiga |location=Hindhead |isbn=978-0-86-230040-1}}</ref>
* [[John Penfold]] (1828{{en dash}}1909) {{en dash}} surveyor, architect and designer of a Post Office [[Pillar box#Penfolds|standard pillar box]], lived at what was then called Courts Hill House<ref>{{harvnb|Brodie|2001|p=348}}</ref>
* [[Archibald Geikie]] (1834{{en dash}}1924) {{en dash}} geologist, retired to Haslemere in 1913<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=David|last=Oldroyd|title= Geikie, Sir Archibald|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33364 }}</ref>
* [[Axel Haig]] (1835{{en dash}}1921) {{en dash}} artist, illustrator and architect, designed his own house on Highercombe Road, where he lived from 1865<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=J. Mordaunt|last=Crook|title=Haig, Axel Herman|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/64824}}</ref>
* [[Robert Hunter (civil servant)|Robert Hunter]] (1844{{en dash}}1913) {{en dash}} co-founder of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], Chairman of the Haslemere Parish Council, lived at Meadfields Hanger<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=L. W.|last=Chubb|title=Hunter, Sir Robert|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34064}}</ref><ref name=Rolston_1978b_p47>{{harvnb|Rolston|1978b|p=47}}</ref>
* [[William Marshall (tennis)|William Cecil Marshall]] (1849{{en dash}}1921) – sportsman, designed his own house on Hindhead Road, where he lived from 1887<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/w-c-marshall.html |title= W. C. Marshall Blue Plaque |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 9 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910191740/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/w-c-marshall.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Arnold Dolmetsch]] (1854{{en dash}}1940) and his son [[Carl Dolmetsch]] (1911{{en dash}}1997) {{en dash}} musicians and musical instrument makers, lived in Grayswood Road<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Mr E. A. Dolmetsch |date= 1 March 1940 |page= 11 |issue= 48553 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Carl Dolmetsch |date= 15 July 1997 |page= 23 |issue= 65942 }}</ref>
* [[Walter Tyndale]] (1855{{en dash}}1943) {{en dash}} artist, lived in Haslemere from {{circa|1890}}. He commissioned the construction of Broad Dene, Hill Road, in 1900 and lived there until his death.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/walter-tyndale.html |title= Walter Tyndale |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 21 November 2021 |archive-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194705/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/walter-tyndale.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/walter_tyndale_and_broaddene_blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |title= Walter Tyndale |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 10 March 2016 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 21 November 2021 |archive-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194614/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/uploads/1/0/3/8/10380361/walter_tyndale_and_broaddene_blue_plaque_leaflet.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Cyril Edward Gourley]] (1893{{en dash}}1982) {{en dash}} [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, lived in Grayswood from 1952 until his death<ref>{{harvnb|Gliddon|2012|pp=189–194}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Hutchinson]] (1904{{en dash}}1997) – teacher, writer and naturalist; lived and worked in Haslemere<ref name=Hutchinson_1981/>
* [[Robert Lochner (engineer)|Robert Lochner]] (1904{{en dash}}1956) – inventor of the Bombardon Breakwater, used at [[Mulberry harbour]], Normandy, on [[Normandy Landings|D-Day]]. He lived at Shottermill from 1939 until his death.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haslemeresociety.org/robert-lochner.html |title= Robert Lochner |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Haslemere Society |access-date= 9 September 2021 |archive-date= 10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910191740/http://www.haslemeresociety.org/robert-lochner.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[W. H. C. Frend]] (1916{{en dash}}2005) {{en dash}} [[ecclesiastical historian]], [[archaeologist]], and Anglican priest, was born at Shottermill Vicarage and lived in the village as a child<ref>{{Cite ODNB|first=W. Ian P.|last=Hazlitt|title=Frend, William Hugh Clifford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95984}}</ref>
* [[Robin Phillips]] (1940{{en dash}}2015) {{en dash}} actor and director, was born in Haslemere<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Robin Phillips |date= 14 September 2015 |page= 52 |issue= 71702 }}</ref>
* [[Rachel Portman]] (b. 1960) {{en dash}} composer, was born in Haslemere<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Portman, Rachel Mary Berkeley | id= U253917 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U253917 }}</ref>

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|South East England}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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