Traditional county: Surrey · District / Borough: Guildford · Region: South East
Explore Effingham Common, Surrey with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Effingham Common map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Effingham Common, Surrey, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Effingham Common |
| Traditional County | Surrey |
| District / Borough | Guildford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.281311 |
| Longitude | -0.407123 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Effingham Common retains the quiet, spacious character of a Surrey landscape shaped by ancient enclosure and the slow shifts of the local soil. It lies 3.4 miles west-south-west of Leatherhead (from Leatherhead: bearing 253°T, OS grid TQ 111 547), and is situated north-north-west of Effingham village. Open expanses of grassland define the horizon, catching a pale, silver light that seems to linger over the low-lying terrain long after the sun has dipped toward the horizon. A short distance to the west, the Medieval Moated Site and Fishpond offers a silent, watery window into a much older version of this terrain, where the earth still holds the geometry of long-abandoned habitations. The air here carries a distinct dampness, drifting over from the nearby Pikes Pool where the reeds sway with a rhythmic, mechanical precision. Effingham Common itself serves as a verdant buffer, separating the suburban fringes from the deeper, darker woods that press in from the periphery. On cooler mornings, a thin mist rises from the ground, blurring the boundary between the managed parkland and the wild, unkempt thickets. This geography provides a sanctuary for those who value the austere, unadorned beauty of an English landscape that resists the encroaching pace of modern transit.
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Explore Effingham Common, Surrey, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.281311, -0.407123. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |