Ripley, Surrey

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude=51.297862
longitude=-0.488182
official_name= Ripley
map_type= Surrey
population = 2,041 [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800070&c=GU23+6AL&d=16&e=15&g=490383&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1202764693784&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 census] ]
shire_district= Guildford
shire_county = Surrey
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Mole Valley
post_town= Woking
postcode_district = GU23
postcode_area= GU
dial_code= 01483
os_grid_reference=TQ055565

Ripley is a village and parish in Surrey, which grew on the main A3 road from London to Portsmouth. The road was renumbered as B2215 when a bypass was built. The village is situated close to the M25 motorway and 10.5 km (6 miles) southeast of Woking, 11 km (7 miles) northeast of Guildford and some 38 km (23.5 miles) southwest of central London. Neighbouring places include: Send, Send Marsh and Ockham.

The village includes a coaching inn, The Talbot Hotel which dates back to 1453. [ [http://www.thetalbotinn.com/ Talbot Inn] ] There is also a specialist shoe manufacturer, Clifford James, as well as Drake's restaurant, which has been awarded a Michelin star and 3 AA rosettes. The village church, St Mary Magdalen has a fine Norman chancel. [http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=places.content&cmid=142 St Mary Magdalen] ]

Ripley is mentioned in H. G. Wells' novels "The War of the Worlds" and "The Wheels of Chance".

Cricket has been a popular sport in the village for 200 years, played on the Green there. In the 1870s, cycling also became a popular activity in the South of England and Ripley was a convenient distance from London so that many cyclists would stop there for a break at the Anchor Inn. Sisters Annie and Harriet Dibble encouraged the cyclists so much that, in some years in the following decade, their visitors book was signed with over 7000 names - all arriving on penny-farthings or boneshakers.

There are two schools in Ripley - Ripley C of E Infant school and Ripley Court a private school.

It is also the birthplace of the great rock/blues guitarist Eric Clapton, and resting place of his son, Conor, who died after falling from his mother's New York apartment window. [http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=places.content&cmid=142 St Mary Magdalen] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.ripleyparish.org.uk/ Ripley Parish Council]
* [http://www.ripleyvillage.org.uk/ Ripley Village Community website]