"14 Liberal Democrats, and 7 Independents (6 Ashtead Independents and 1 Beare Green Independent). There are no Labour, UKIP or Green Party councillors. Surrey County Council, elected every four years, obtains six representatives from this area: The district, named after the River Mole, was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley Rural District. A Legatum Prosperity Index published by the Legatum Institute in October 2016 showed Mole Valley as the second most prosperous council area in the United"
"Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Mole Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Paul Beresford, a Conservative. 1983-1997: The District of Mole Valley, and the Borough of Guildford ward of Tillingbourne. 1997-present: The District of Mole Valley wards of Beare Green, Bookham North, Bookham South, Box Hill and Headley, Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland, Capel, Leigh and Newdigate, Charlwood, Dorking North, Dorking South, Fetcham East, Fetcham West, Holmwoods, Leatherhead North, Leatherhead South, Leith Hill, Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham, Okewood, and Westcott, and the Borough of Guildford wards of Clandon and"
"Betchworth Betchworth is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. The village centre is on the north bank of the River Mole and south of the A25 road, almost east of Dorking and west of Reigate. London is north of the village. Service sector occupations dominate Betchworth's economy – its station and road links make it a part of the London commuter belt – combined with crop agriculture and services for a relatively large retired proportion of the population. A former lime quarry, rebuilt manor house and Grade I-listed church are within its boundaries."
"in the 2013 election, was the Liberal Democrats gaining 1,527 votes versus the winning candidate's 1,810. 2 councillors sit on Mole Valley borough council, who are: Betchworth is east of Dorking and west of Reigate. The village is south of London, in the outer London commuter belt. Betchworth is in the east of the Mole Valley Borough whose main town is Dorking; as it is mostly on the north bank the land slopes up towards the North Downs AONB. Below this range of hills the Mole flows briefly along the Vale of Holmesdale and the area around the tributary the"
"general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation. Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Mole Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Paul Beresford, a Conservative. 1983-1997: The District of Mole Valley, and the Borough of Guildford ward of Tillingbourne. 1997-present: The District of Mole Valley wards of Beare Green, Bookham North, Bookham South, Box Hill and Headley, Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland, Capel, Leigh and Newdigate, Charlwood, Dorking North, Dorking South, Fetcham East, Fetcham West, Holmwoods, Leatherhead North, Leatherhead South, Leith Hill, Mickleham,"
"Brockham Brockham is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. It is approximately east of Dorking and west of Reigate. The village lies south of Box Hill, with the River Mole flowing west through the village. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,868. Brockham, originally 'Brook-ham' (bend in a brook) is so called from the Anglo Saxon meaning 'river meadow by the brook' and is first recorded in 1241. It is often mistakenly believed that there is an association with badgers but this is a modern affectation from the 1950s when"
"stations on the London–Worthing and Reading–Gatwick Airport railways, and in the northern third, a commuter stopping service from London–Guildford. Additionally the A24 road and the M25 motorway are the main thoroughfares. Mole Valley District Council is elected by thirds: one-third of councillors are elected at each election, each serving four year terms; three years out of four having elections. The council was however elected across all areas in 2000 after major boundary changes to the wards. Although Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency) has been Conservative for a long time, Mole Valley District Council has, with Independent/RA and Liberal Democrats, for"
"The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork and Tattenhams. Before 1997 it lacked Ashtead but instead included Banstead from Reigate and Banstead. As the borough is small and includes steeply undulating parts such as Epsom Downs it has consistently contained areas in neighbouring Surrey districts. In 2005, the Boundary Commission's report led to changes for 2010. The boundary with Mole Valley moves slightly on the uninhabited portions of land by the M25 motorway adjoining Ashtead and Leatherhead,"
"Kingdom, after the nearby Borough of Waverley. In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas showed that housing in Mole Valley produced the twentieth highest average carbon emissions in the country at 6,928 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling. In 2008 a group of residents got together and formed The Green Mole Forum with the aim of promoting sustainable development in Mole Valley both by providing a hub to help residents, and to lobby the council to undertake more sustainable policies. Mole Valley is served by these emergency services: Mole Valley Mole Valley is a local government district in"
"Mole Valley Farmers Mole Valley Farmers is a retail firm based in Southwest England. It is run as a cooperative and in 2016-17 the company had a turnover of £464m. As well as 55 stores, the firm owns feed mills, fertiliser blending plants, a specialist mineral plant and farm building division. Mole Valley Farmers was founded in 1960 by a small group of farmers in South Molton, Devon. The aim was to create an agricultural buying-group that would be able to offer agricultural items to farmers at lower prices by buying in bulk. Mole Valley Farmers takes its name from"
"remains open. Mole Creek has a hotel, established in 1907, a guest house and restaurant, a swimming pool and adjacent community hall, supermarket, service station, post office and a church. Mole Creek is in the Meander Valley Council local government area, the Division of Lyons—for the state house of assembly and the federal house of representatives— and the state legislative council electoral division of Western Tiers. At the 2011 census, Mole Creek's statistical area—covering —had a population of 609 though the town itself had only 230. Mole Creek Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the"
"Test Valley Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, along with Andover Rural District and Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District. Test Valley covers some of western Hampshire, stretching from boundaries with Southampton in the south to Newbury in the north. Test Valley is a predominantly rural area. It encompasses the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Test is the"
"Deepdale, County Durham Deepdale, sometimes spelt Deep Dale, is a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. In its lower reaches, just west of the town of Barnard Castle, the valley is well wooded, and is a nature reserve, known for its bird life and a population of otters. Deepdale Beck, a tributary of the River Tees, runs through the valley. By the beck is the Great Stone, a glacial erratic from Shap in Cumbria, the largest erratic in Teesdale. The valley was once crossed by the Deepdale Viaduct, west of Barnard Castle. The viaduct was designed by Thomas"
"election, was the Liberal Democrats gaining 1,527 votes versus the winning candidate's 1,810. 2 councillors sit on Mole Valley borough council, who are: The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free). Brockham Brockham is"
"and Crawley, and that the flow rate responds rapidly to rainfall. River Mole rises in Baldhorns Copse to the south of the village of Rusper in West Sussex. The river flows initially southwards for to a small lake at Baldhorns Park, before running eastwards through a largely rural area towards Crawley. The first tributaries to join the young river drain the northernmost part of St Leonard's Forest, between Horsham and Crawley, although much of the forest is in the catchment area of the River Arun. The Mole skirts the northern suburbs of Crawley where it is joined by its first"
"Farmers is one of the few agricultural cooperatives in the supply industry and one of the largest in the UK. Mole Valley Farmers owns thirteen branches in South West England, their own feed mills (for animal feeds, at Calne Dorchester, Huntworth and Lifton), fertiliser blending plants, a specialist mineral plant (at Bridgwater), a farm building division (at Witheridge) and a commercial / informational website. The range of goods supplied by Mole Valley Farmers has grown since the company's early beginnings and now includes lifestyle products such as clothing, footwear, garden supplies, pet food, white goods and power tools. The website"
"Bole, Nottinghamshire Bole is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is close by the River Trent, on the eastern side of which is Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. At one time the village stood – like the neighbouring parish of West Burton – very near to an oxbow lake, known as Bole Round. However flooding led to the original course of the River Trent being diverted after 1792. The parish now lies within a landscape largely dominated by the West Burton power stations. According to the 2001 census Bole had a population of 140, increasing"
"was announced that Mole Valley had agreed to acquire all retail store locations along with the website and staff from Countrywide. However, this was subject to review by the Competition and Markets Authority and on 6 March 2018 the CMA referred the buy out for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. Countrywide concluded that it would be unable to meet its financial obligations for this extended period of time and so went into administration. Mole Valley Farmers Mole Valley Farmers is a retail firm based in Southwest England. It is run as a cooperative and in 2016-17 the company had a"
"is a great source of reference for the goods Mole Valley Farmers stocks. However, the firm still has a focus on supplying farmers with direct-to-farm bulk agricultural products. In 2016-17 the company had a turnover of had a turnover of £464m. The company's closest competitors include ForFarmers, NWF Agriculture, and the Wynnstay Group. Mole Valley Farmers has nine branches throughout South West England. These are: In 2002, Mole Valley Farmers acquired ""SCATS Countrystores"", which has 19 stores across the south of England. and bought the Buckinghamshire-based rural supplier, ""Cox & Robinson Farm and Country"" in 2011. On 27 October it"
"The town's geography is undulating; for example, the elevation of the southern point of the central one-way system is 76 metres and on its northern side the elevation is 59–60 metres. The Mole's nearest point to the town lies at 45 metres. Just northeast of the town the River Mole cuts a steep-sided valley through the North Downs. On the west bank is Denbies Vineyard, the largest vineyard in the UK. On the east bank is Box Hill, owned by the National Trust and Britain's first Country Park. The hill has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because"
"Holme Valley Holme Valley is a large civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049 (2001 census), increasing to 34,680 for the two wards in the 2011 Census. Its administrative centre is in Holmfirth. Other sizeable settlements in the parish include, Brockholes, Honley and New Mill. It is named from the River Holme that runs through the parish. The parish is the successor to the Holmfirth urban district. An urban district covering Holmfirth was created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 and then in 1938, under a County"
"""Boyd Valley"" which is slightly larger, covering at that date 7,446 residents, and accordingly electing two councillors of the 70. In national politics it is in the parliamentary constituency Thornbury and Yate. Pucklechurch Pucklechurch is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, ENE of the city of Bristol and NW of the city of Bath. Bordering at its western boundary the Bristol Semi-Ring Road, the village forms a large eastern cluster of development on a raised area of land in the parish, the northern half of which has 14 listed buildings including the church. It is centrally"
"village. Dore Dore is a large village in South Yorkshire, England. The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf which gave Sheffield its name, and until 1934 was part of Derbyshire, but it is now a suburb of the city. Dore is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester. The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley under a limb of the Pennines to Hathersage in Derbyshire is the longest such in England, second only to the Severn Tunnel between England and South Wales. They are the longest main line"
"borough of Epsom and Ewell, the northwestern part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead, the northern part of the Mole Valley district, the northeastern parts of the boroughs of Guildford and Woking and the southern part of the borough of Runnymede, as well as a very small part of the borough of Spelthorne. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! KT1 ! KT2 ! KT3 ! KT4 ! KT5 ! KT6 ! KT7 ! KT8 ! KT9 ! KT10 ! KT11 ! KT12 ! KT13 ! KT14 ! KT15 ! KT16 ! KT17 ! KT18 ! KT19 !"
"(Winton ward) of the Conservatives defected and now sits as an Independent. Test Valley is separated into 24 wards: Test Valley Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, along with Andover Rural District and Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District. Test Valley covers some of western Hampshire, stretching from boundaries with Southampton in the south to Newbury in the north. Test Valley is a"
"Molesey became part of the Esher Urban District, which was originally recommended by the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London (the Herbert Commission) for inclusion within the new ceremonial county of Greater London. In 1974, the district eventually merged with its neighbour to the west, Walton and Weybridge Urban District, to form the new borough of Elmbridge within Surrey. Molesey was one of the many villages and towns along the Thames valley affected by flooding in 1968; specifically here the flooding of the River Mole. Some barriers and overflow fields have been created since then by the Environment"
"Haymill Valley Haymill Valley is a local nature reserve in Berkshire, England, between the village of Burnham in Buckinghamshire, Britwell in Slough and Slough Trading Estate. The site is known locally as The Millie. The nature reserve is owned by Slough Borough Council with a small part owned by the Environment Agency, it is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The site is in size. The site features ancient woodland with extensive reed beds and ponds fed by Two-Mill Brook (also known as Two_Mile Brook), which flows from Burnham Beeches into the Thames. At the"
"Folke Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale in the West Dorset administrative district approximately south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of and includes the hamlet of Folke itself and the slightly larger settlement of Alweston. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the population of Folke parish is 270. In the 2011 census figures have been published for the population of Folke parish combined with the small parish of North Wootton to the north; this was 339. The Manor House in the hamlet of Folke dates from about"
"Gadbrook is included in the village. Betchworth is within Mole Valley. As part of Surrey, a third tier of local government is responsible for education, almost all built infrastructure and other services such as social care, Surrey County Council; Betchworth Parish Council provides certain local facilities and services. There were 372 households and 12 vacant houses in 2001, as well as some local shops and outdoor businesses such as stone merchants and garden centres. Elevations range from 216 m at the water tower, which marks the highest point of the parish on Box Hill, down to the River Mole, which"
"middle of the borough, forming the Redhill basin and various mounds around Reigate before continuing in both directions at higher elevations, see the Greensand Way. The Mole forms a section of the western border of the borough down to Wonham Mill at the western extreme of Flanchford in the Reigate post town, itself at a millpond at the foot of the wooded ""Snag Brook"" a tributary which rises near the A25 Dorking Road. Most of the county is Metropolitan Green Belt. There are significant areas of forest and heath management, including five reserves within the national wildlife trust scheme: see"
"Selham Selham is a small village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of the A272 road 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Midhurst. It is in the civil parish of Lodsworth. Selham contains ""The Three Moles"", one of the smallest pubs in Sussex along with the church of St James which is largely 11th century having never undergone any major rebuilding. There is also the remains of Lodsworth Castle, a large 13th Century motte near Selham at Lodsbridge beside the River Rother. Lodsbridge was a wharf on the Rother Navigation waterway. There was formerly a"
"This was used as a store, the targets were pulled up on top of the bank next to the building. Deepdale, County Durham Deepdale, sometimes spelt Deep Dale, is a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. In its lower reaches, just west of the town of Barnard Castle, the valley is well wooded, and is a nature reserve, known for its bird life and a population of otters. Deepdale Beck, a tributary of the River Tees, runs through the valley. By the beck is the Great Stone, a glacial erratic from Shap in Cumbria, the largest erratic in"
"Leatherhead Leatherhead is a town in Surrey, England on the right bank of the River Mole, and at the edge of the contiguous built-up area of London. Its local district is Mole Valley. Records exist of the place from Anglo Saxon England. It has a combined theatre and cinema, which is at the centre of the re-modelling following late 20th century pedestrianisation. The streets bypassing the town centre close and feature in the annual London-Surrey cycle classic. Just north-east of the midpoint of Surrey and at a junction of ancient north–south and east–west roads, elements of the town have been"