The legend of a dragon on a village embankment

A Surrey village which was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 has a legend which claims the dragon of the village once blocked the road there.

West Clandon, near Guildford, even has a real dragon to this day to acknowledge this, which is made out of chalk and sits on a hillside near the village, on the A246.

The dinosaur was first installed in 1977, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, and it measured 19m x 8m (62ft x 26ft).

The dragon was looked after until 1989, but by late 1990 it had grassed over and disappeared. It is periodically kept exposed by village volunteers.

Nigel Freeman told Secret Surrey: "It's an impressive chalk dragon which looms at you as you drive along.

"You can't see it and then you see it for three seconds, and then it's gone again.

"If it safe to slow down and see it, then you should."

A magazine article in 1776 said a local soldier had found the villagers afraid so he went out to kill the dragon with his dog.

The local church also has a carving of a dragon and a dog.

Sonja Freebody has the cutting of a newspaper which first showed the plans for the chalk dragon in 1977.

She told Secret Surrey: "It is chalk but in between is mud and debris.

"The chalk can move down the slope, so it is constant battle to keep it in the outline and keep it white."

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