Hydestile

Hydestile
The crossroads in Hydestile
Hydestile Location within Surrey
Population	431 - the population in 2011 was at most half of the two output areas drawn around portions of the two related areas. [1]
OS grid reference	SU96814056
Civil parish	Busbridge Hambledon
District	Waverley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GODALMING
Postcode district	GU8 4
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Godalming and Ash [2]
List of places UK England Surrey 51°09′22″N0°37′01″W / 51.156157°N 0.617043°W / 51.156157; -0.617043

Hydestile is a hamlet in Waverley, south-west Surrey. It is around 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south of Godalming between the villages of Busbridge and Hambledon, straddling their civil parish borders. One landmark of the hamlet is Hydon's Ball, a large woodland and promontory of the Greensand Ridge, the site is within National Trust land and free to visitors.

History

Main articles: Busbridge § History; and Hambledon, Surrey § History

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

Geography

The hamlet is centred on the crossroads of Hambledon Road and Salt Lane. To the south-east is the steeper of two neighbouring outcrops of the Greensand Ridge. Elevations range from 74 metres (243 ft) in the narrow wooded vale of the Shad Well spring, that issues near the central crossroads of the hamlet and flows to the north, to 117 metres (384 ft) AOD less than a mile to the east.

To the west, the hamlets of Enton Green and Great Enton share one 2011 census output area (of between 50 and 150 homes), and their surrounding terrain is flatter; they are mentioned in the article on their civil parish, Hambledon. ^[3]

Landmarks

Coppiced trees in Hydon Heath

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

Demography

The settlement has a small population, split between two considerably larger United Kingdom Census 2011 output areas: E00157389 (north-east and beyond) and E00157740 (rest and beyond). ^[4]

2011 Census Key Statistics

Output area	Population	Households	% Owned outright	% Owned with a loan [1]
E00157389	528	171	50.3	36.3
E00157740	338	116	42.2	26.7

External links

• www.HambledonSurrey.co.uk
• TeeBeeLand - History of King George V Hospital Hydestile

References

1. "2011 Census". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
2. "Location of Godalming and Ash". streetguide.co.uk. 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
3. Census Map of relevant output areas Office for National Statistics
4. Output Area Map Office for National Statistics