Viewpoints · South East England
E
In or near Pirbright.
E is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Ash Vale · 2.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit E, you can take the train to Ash Vale station, which is 2 km away. The postcode for your sat-nav is GU3 2HT. Entry to the viewpoint is free.
About
E is a named viewpoint in Surrey, South-East England, marked on Ordnance Survey maps for its outlook. The site is within the Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB), and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the Surrey Heath parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Ash Vale, about 2.0 km away. Postcode area GU3.
Photo gallery
360° viewimagery from 2020
Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Ash to Brookwood Heaths SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Basingstoke Canal SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Surrey Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
E (minuscule: e) is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is e (pronounced ); plural es, Es, or E's. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.
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Background
History
{| class="wikitable" ! Egyptian hieroglyph<br>qʼ !Proto-Sinaitic !Proto-Canaanite hillul ! Phoenician<br/>He ! Western Greek<br/>Epsilon ! Etruscan<br/>E ! Latin<br/>E |--- align=center | <hiero>A28</hiero> | | | | | | |} The Latin letter 'E' differs little from its source, the Greek letter epsilon, 'Ε'. This in turn comes from the Semitic letter hê, which has been suggested to have started as a praying or calling human figure (hillul, 'jubilation'), and was most likely based on a similar Egyptian hieroglyph that indicated a different pronunciation. In Semitic, the letter represented (and in foreign words); in Greek, hê became the letter epsilon, used to represent . The various forms of the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2674, -0.6943
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Guildford
- Parish
- Normandy
- Postcode
- GU3 2HT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Nearest railway station
- Ash Vale — 2 km
Sources
- osm: n4357313900 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: E (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is E?
- E is in Surrey, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GU3 2HT), in the parish of Normandy.
- What is E?
- E is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to E?
- The nearest railway station is Ash Vale, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode GU3 2HT.
- Is E a protected site?
- Yes — E is part of the Ash to Brookwood Heaths SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Basingstoke Canal SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is E free to visit?
- Yes, E is free to enter.
- How do I get to E?
- The nearest railway station is Ash Vale, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GU3 2HT.