Shere is a village in the
Guildford district of
Surrey, England east south-east of
Guildford and west of
Dorking, centrally bypassed by the
A25. It is a small still partly agricultural village chiefly set in the wooded '
Vale of Holmesdale' between the
North Downs and
Greensand Ridge with many traditional English features. It has a central cluster of old village houses, shops including a blacksmith and trekking shop, tea house, art gallery, two pubs and a
Norman church. Shere has a museum which opens most afternoons at weekends.