Worplesdon is a village 3.1 miles (5.0 km) NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large dispersed civil parish that includes the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry Hill), Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Rydeshill and Wood Street Village, all various-sized smaller settlements, well-connected by footpaths and local roads.

[3][4] Worplesdon's single manor appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Werpesdune held by Turald (Thorold) from Roger de Montgomery.

The Harbord family next held it followed by John Payne of Hurtmore and Thomas Newton of Stoke (next Guildford) who owned it in 1670.

Its owners until 1911 acquired what remained of the estate as early as in 1681, the Onslow family, historically Earls of Surrey.

Divided between descendants Katerina, Joan and Christine in 1353, under the legal principle of female inheritance, "in moieties".

[7] Adjacent to the church a London to Portsmouth semaphore tower (now demolished) served in the Napoleonic wars.

[8] In 1911 the Victoria County History's guide to the area included the agricultural and economic description: The village and church stand upon an abrupt hill of Bagshot sand (the Bracklesham Beds), but round it the soil is lower Bagshot sand.

[7]This pinpoints the area's sands (and hence its low agricultural natural fertility) as being key to Worpledon's abundance of heath and woodlands.

[9][failed verification] A large common is at the heart of the parish that has mixed landscapes of heather, copses of woodland, grasslands and bracken.

Worplesdon railway station has up to three services per hour to London Waterloo, on Mondays to Saturdays on the Portsmouth Direct Line.

Accommodation and food service activities, combined with the category of arts, entertainment and recreation, employed a similar figure of 440 people.

Two neighbouring villages to the northwest are Pirbright and Deepcut with significant UK Army presences, although the latter's barracks has been redeveloped into homes.

The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%.

In the early 20th century, Worplesdon was home to the artist Sidney Sime, best known for magazine illustration and work in the books of the varied, particularly fantasy, author Lord Dunsany.

Selous was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in south and east of Africa.