Shalford, Surrey

Shalford
Village
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Shalford
Shalford Location within Surrey
Area	6.51 km2 (2.51 sq mi)
Population	4,142 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	636/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ0046
Civil parish	Shalford
District	Guildford
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Guildford
Postcode district	GU4
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Godalming and Ash
List of places UK England Surrey 51°12′40″N 0°34′05″W / 51.211°N 0.568°W / 51.211; -0.568

Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford. It has a railway station which is between Guildford and Dorking on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line. In 2011 the parish had a population of 4,142.

It has one named locality, occupying the west of the area, Peasmarsh.

Shalford's village sign was designed by Christopher Webb and W H Randall Blacking in 1922, as part of a competition run by the Daily Mail. It shows Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child over a shallow ford.^[2]