About the town » Shere, Surrey, England, Great Britain

See also sheer, shear, sher and Shia. Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England about 6 miles east of Guildford and 4 miles west of Dorking, bypassed by the A25. It is a small village with many traditional English features. It has a small central cluster of old village houses, shops including a blacksmith and trekking shop, tea house, art gallery, two pubs and a Norman-era church. Shere has a museum which opens most afternoons at weekends. The Tillingbourne stream runs through the centre of the village. Shere is also a civil parish, consisting of the villages of Shere, Gomshall, Holmbury St. Mary and Peaslake, the total population is: 3,359.