Brook, Surrey

Brook
Brook
Shire county	Surrey;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Godalming
Postcode district	GU5
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	South West Surrey;
	List of places UK England Surrey 51°08′06″N 0°40′19″W / 51.135070°N 0.672054°W

Brook is a

A286 single carriageway road between Milford and Haslemere

.

On slightly lower slopes of the

area of outstanding natural beauty

.

Amenities

Pirrie Hall, a community hall, dates from May 1923. It was built and donated by

K.P. "for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the hamlets of Brook, Sandhills and adjoining district". The maintenance of the hall is financed in part by a community association-organised annual May Bank Holiday Fete.^[1]

The hamlet's pub is the Dog and Pheasant.

Cricket club

Brook Cricket Club's ground adjoins Pirrie Hall. After leaving the Surrey Championship Cricket league in 2012, the club re-structured over the winter of 2012-13 and re-entered league cricket in the I'Anson Cricket league and formed a youth section. By 2018 the club's first eleven were in I'Anson Division 1 but were promptly relegated for 2019.^[2]

Brook was the origin of the Woodworm cricket bat used by Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen in the 2005 Ashes winning series.^[3] The club is among multiple claimants to have hosted the first person to bowl overarm.^[4]

Notable people

Brook was home to

Asif Zardari, and his wife the former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto, who bought the Rockwood Estate in 1995.^[5] Husband and wife singers Philip Langridge and Ann Murray lived in Brook.^[6]

References

^ "The Pirrie Hall". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "I'Anson Cup Competitions: Division 1 2018". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ Matthew Beard (29 April 2013). "For fans batty about Freddie, only Woodworm is good enough". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ Christopher Hope (31 August 2005). "Flintoff helps cricket bat firm into the record books". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Inside Benazir Bhutto's £10 million country retreat". Daily Telegraph. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
^ Hall, George. "Bewitched". Opera News. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[p-1] "The Pirrie Hall". Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[2] "I'Anson Cup Competitions: Division 1 2018". Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[3] Matthew Beard (29 April 2013). "For fans batty about Freddie, only Woodworm is good enough". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[4] Christopher Hope (31 August 2005). "Flintoff helps cricket bat firm into the record books". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[5] "Inside Benazir Bhutto's £10 million country retreat". Daily Telegraph. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.

[6] Hall, George. "Bewitched". Opera News. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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