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B

Free admission

B 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 · 2.7 km
  • Free entry
  • Dog-friendly

About

B 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 2.7 km away. Postcode area GU24.

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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

B (minuscule: b) is the second 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 bee (pronounced ), plural bees. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants.

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Background

History

{| class="wikitable skin-invert-image" |- ! Egyptian<br>Pr ! Phoenician <br>bēt ! Western Greek <br>beta ! Etruscan <br>B ! Latin <br>B |- style="text-align:center;" | | | | | |} The Roman derived from the Greek capital beta }} via its Etruscan and Cumaean variants. The Greek letter was an adaptation of the Phoenician letter bēt }}. The Egyptian hieroglyph for the consonant /b/ had been an image of a foot and calf , but bēt (Phoenician for "house") was a modified form of a Proto-Sinaitic glyph adapted from the separate hieroglyph Pr }} meaning "house". meaning "manor" or "reed shelter".}} The Hebrew letter bet }} is a separate development of the Phoenician letter. By Byzantine times, the…

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Coordinates
51.2788, -0.6840
County
Surrey
District
Guildford
Parish
Pirbright
Postcode
GU24 0BW
Parliamentary constituency
Surrey Heath
Nearest railway station
Ash Vale2.7 km

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Frequently asked questions

Where is B?
B is in Surrey, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GU24 0BW), in the parish of Pirbright.
Is B a protected site?
Yes — B 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 B free to visit?
Yes, B is free to enter.
How do I get to B?
The nearest railway station is Ash Vale, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GU24 0BW.