Sidlow

Sidlow
The River Mole and surrounding meadows and trees in summer, from the north-south main road.
Sidlow  Sidlow shown within Surrey
Area	11.93 km^2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population	636 (2011 census)[1]
– density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ259470
Civil parish	Salfords and Sidlow
District	Reigate and Banstead
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	REIGATE
Postcode district	RH2 8
Dialling code	01737
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Reigate
List of places UK England Surrey

Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 0°11′56″W / 51.208°N 0.199°W

Sidlow is a mainly rural, lightly populated village in the parish of Salfords and Sidlow in the south of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Amenities

Sidlow has a Church of England church: Emmanuel, Sidlow Bridge dating to 1861 (designed by architect Henry Clutton) which is in the medieval-founded Diocese of Southwark and a listed building pub, the Three Horseshoes Inn. Other than residential, goods distribution, timber-related industry and agricultural uses, the village has the Sidlow Bridge Centre, a pupil referral unit one of several such units which takes its admissions from schools and families from schools of Surrey County Council and those independent of the local authority.^[2][3]

Geography and sublocalities

Sidlow is the west of the civil parish; a high proportion of its land is taken up by farms; no motorways or railways bisect this part of the parish instead the area has three small tributaries' end points (confluences) into the upper River Mole. Urban to suburban development is residential and concentred into a linear settlement along a lane west of a road junction with the north-south A217 road which has the Anglican church opposite. Beyond this the road forms a crescent which briefly becomes urban again at the Ironsbottom neighbourhood, a sub-settlement. Two lines of further development are towards the crescent return of the lane named Ironsbottom at Wrays and south along the A217 at Crutchfield. The A217 direct, traffic light-controlled route between the economic centres of Reigate and Gatwick Airport is bypassed for long-distance traffic by the M23 motorway 3 miles (4.8 km) east. Less than 5% of the land of Sidlow is at flood risk, in built terms, restricted to homes opposite the church of Sidlow Bridge and the church itself.^[4]

References

1. Key Statistics: Population Density: Population and Area. Output Areas E00156202 and E00156205: 307 in 6.78 square km and 329 in 5.15, includes a small part ecclesiastically of Salfords an eastern area however associated with Sidlow and with Salfords physically and administratively. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
2. Sidlow. The Church of England. Accessed 2015-04-18
3. Sidlow Bridge Centre
4. Flood Risk Map of surrounding areas of 'Sidlow' - showing Riparian risk levels Environment Agency. Accessed 2015-04-15.

External links

• Village website