Capel, Surrey

Capel
Shiremark Mill
Capel Location within Surrey
Area	26.14 km2 (10.09 sq mi)
Population	3,832 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	147/km2 (380/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ1740
Civil parish	Capel
District	Mole Valley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dorking
Postcode district	RH5
Dialling code	01306
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Mole Valley
List of places UK England Surrey 51°09′14″N 0°19′16″W / 51.154°N 0.321°W / 51.154; -0.321

Capel (/ˈkeɪpəl/) is a village and civil parish in southern Surrey, England. It is equidistant between Dorking and Horsham – about 5 miles (8.0 km) away. Around Capel, to the west, skirts the A24 road. Capel is approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the West Sussex border, 26 miles (42 km) south of London and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Guildford^[2] and is in the Mole Valley district. The village is in the north of a landscape called the Weald, meaning forest, which forms a significant minority of the land today, particularly towards the Greensand Ridge.