It is around 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south of Godalming between the villages of Busbridge and Hambledon, straddling their civil parish borders.

One landmark of the hamlet is Hydon's Ball, a large woodland and promontory of the Greensand Ridge, about which a very old poem has been written;[when?]

The only visible remains are the Gatehouse, the former Superintendent's house, six staff cottages and a cluster of footings amongst the woods.

[citation needed] The hamlet is centred on the crossroads of Hambledon Road and Salt Lane.

[2] The settlement has a small population, split between two considerably larger United Kingdom Census 2011 output areas: E00157389 (north-east and beyond) and E00157740 (rest and beyond).