East Horsley is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England. The settlement is 21 miles South West of London, partly on the A246 between Leatherhead and Guildford. Most development is concentrated around the junction of two long roads directly north of this road. Horsley and Effingham Junction railway stations are on the New Guildford Line in the parish (connected to London Waterloo). The village has the parade of shops and businesses of the two Horsleys (see West Horsley), Otherwise the two halves of ancient Horsley are similar in having substantial woodland and some chalky lower slopes, in the south, of the North Downs.
Population: 5,787
Latitude: 51° 16' 24.89" N
Longitude: 0° 25' 55.45" E
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