| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Pixham |
| Map Type: | Surrey |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Population: | 761 |
| Population Ref: | [1] |
| Static Image Name: | Pixham from Box Hill (geograph 3074546).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Part of Pixham from Box Hill |
| Static Image 2 Name: | Dorking, Pixham Lane (geograph 3075499).jpg |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | Pixham Lane in the foreground bisects the village lengthways. Background: lower slopes of Box Hill |
| Shire District: | Mole Valley |
| Shire County: | Surrey |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Mole Valley |
| Post Town: | Dorking |
| Postcode District: | RH4 |
| Postcode Area: | RH |
| Dial Code: | 01306 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TQ174504 |
| Coordinates: | 51.2407°N -0.3196°W |
Pixham is a chapelry (small village) within the parish of Dorking, Surrey on the near side of the confluence of the River Mole and the Pipp Brook to its town, Dorking, which is centred 1 km (0.6 mi) southwest. The town as a whole, uniquely in Surrey, has three railway stations; Pixham adjoins or is the location of two of the three; and is near the junction of the A24 and A25 main roads.
Until 1910 watermills principally for corn grinding and for fulling at Pixham Mill operated, however its agricultural land has been converted to other use. At the 2011 Census the main land use was residential land; its main business being the head office of Friends Provident (which has since been taken over by Aviva), small employers include a school, large inn and a waste water treatment works. Pixham covers .
The village is at the steep foot of the Box Hill stretch of the North Downs, on gently facing slopes leading up to the town of Dorking itself. To the east is the confluence of the River Mole and the Pipp Brook, to the west is the Mole Valley railway line. Elevations on the south border of the village reach 60m above sea level (15m higher than the average river level, which descends three metres through the village).[2]
No mention is made of Pixham in Domesday Book, but evidence of Roman occupation, including coins, tiles and pottery shards, was discovered on the site of the Friends Provident Sports Ground in 1980; the adjoining road is part of the original line of one of the (Roman) Stane Streets in England. The first reference to Pixham despite centuries of recorded Rolls at Westminster comes from a Manor Court Roll of 1417, as a farmed locality with mills but it never gained its own manor.[3]
Giles Green which is no longer visible, north of the Pixham End building by the A24 London Road had the Cock Inn and the Dorking Tollgate with a milestone. A gravel pit for a few years existed in the 20th century on the Friends Provident playing fields here.
At Reverend James Fisher's boarding school in Pixham Daniel Defoe was a pupil. In 1910 watermills for corn grinding at Pixham Mill came to an end.[4] [5]
Friends Provident at Pixham End, built in 1957, is the largest employer in Dorking with its insurance, pensions and financial planning UK Head Office[6] in this buffered locality of Dorking. The main land use is residential, the other large businesses being Betchworth Park Golf Course and The Watermill Inn directly to the south and a waste water treatment works on the eastern boundary.[7]
The United Kingdom Census 2011 considered the village as three output areas, at which time overwhelmingly with gardens,[8] 361 homes formed the village.
The proportion of households in the three divisions of Pixham who owned their home outright was in two of these 15% and 22% above the national average respectively, and slightly greater than the district average. The proportion who owned their home with a loan was in each output area within 2% of the borough and national average. This provides in each area for a lower proportion than average of rented residential property and of social housing relative to the Surrey and national averages.
| + 2011 Census Key Statistics | ||||||
| Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E00155849 (Pixham centre) | 227 | 128 | 45.3 | 32.0 | 12 | |
| E00155848 (Pixham north and Martha's Vineyard)) | 229 | 117 | 52.1 | 33.3 | 84 | |
| E00155531 (Pixham south and Boxhill Bridge) | 305 | 116 | 32.8 | 50.9 | 23 |
In east–west routes the south of the village adjoins the A25 which makes Dorking itself and the Reigate-Redhill conurbation accessible, and features in the London-Surrey cycle classic routes.
Dorking railway station is 0.5 km west of Pixham and has trains between Horsham and London Waterloo stations, see the Sutton and Mole Valley Lines; the line marks the western boundary in general use.
At Surrey County Council, one of the 81 representatives represents the area within the Dorking Hills division.[11]
At Mole Valley District Council. Pixham is in the portion of wards considered more rural than suburban so smaller and represented under the constitution by one councillor.[12]
| 2015[13] | Cllr Duncan Campbell Irvine | Mickleham, Westhumble & Pixham | ||
| 2013[14] | Cllr Roger Hurst | Mickleham, Westhumble & Pixham |
| 2013 | Hazel Watson | Dorking Hills |