Viewpoints · South East England
C
C is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
Alan Hunt — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Ash Vale · 3.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
C 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 3.2 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
C (minuscule: c) is the third 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 cee (pronounced ), plural cees.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
{| class="wikitable skin-invert-image" |- ! Egyptian ! Phoenician <br />gaml ! Western Greek<br />Gamma ! Etruscan<br />C ! Old Latin<br />C (G) ! Latin <br />C |- style="text-align:center;" | | | | | | |} "C" comes from the same letter as "G". The Semites named it gimel. The sign is possibly adapted from an Egyptian hieroglyph for a staff sling, which may have been the meaning of the name gimel. Another possibility is that it depicted a camel, the Semitic name for which was gamal. Barry B. Powell, a specialist in the history of writing, states "It is hard to imagine how gimel = "camel" can be derived from the picture of a camel (it may show his hump, or his head and neck!)". In the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2840, -0.6796
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Guildford
- Parish
- Pirbright
- Postcode
- GU24 0BW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Nearest railway station
- Ash Vale — 3.2 km
Sources
- osm: n4717146899 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: C (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is C?
- C is in Surrey, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GU24 0BW), in the parish of Pirbright.
- Is C a protected site?
- Yes — C 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 C free to visit?
- Yes, C is free to enter.
- How do I get to C?
- The nearest railway station is Ash Vale, about 3.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GU24 0BW.