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WikiPedia Information About SurreyInformation from the WikiPedia.Com Website for Surrey/_TheTownGuide/Index_Layout_Leaders_wiki_Process.xsl {{otheruses1 the county of England}} {{distinguish Surry}} {{Infobox England county name = Surrey image = File:Surreyflag.gif 150px motto =Making Surrey a better place map = File:EnglandSurrey.png status = Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial & Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Non-metropolitan county origin = Historic counties of England Historic region = South East England arearank = List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area Ranked 35th area_km2 = 1663 adminarearank = List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area Ranked 25th adminhq = Kingston upon Thames Kingston (extraterritorially) iso = GB-SRY ons = 43 nuts3 = UKJ23 poprank = List of ceremonial counties of England by population Ranked {{English cerem counties RNK=Surrey}} popestdate = {{English statistics year}} pop = {{English cerem counties POP=Surrey}} density_km2 = {{English cerem counties DEN=Surrey}} adminpoprank = List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population Ranked {{English admin counties RNK=Surrey}} ethnicity = 95nj% White 2ǎ% S. Asian council = File:SurreyCC.png 150px http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/ exec = {{English county control CTY=Surrey}} mps = *Peter Ainsworth Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Paul Beresford Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Crispin Blunt Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Jeremy Hunt (politician) Jeremy Hunt Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Anne Milton Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Chris Grayling Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Philip Hammond Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Michael Gove Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Humfrey Malins Conservative Party (UK) (C) * Ian Taylor (UK politician) Ian Taylor Conservative Party (UK) (C) * David Wilshire Conservative Party (UK) (C) subdivmap = File:SurreyNumbered.png subdivs = #Spelthorne #Runnymede (district) Runnymede #Surrey Heath #Woking (borough) Woking #Elmbridge #Guildford (borough) Guildford #Waverley, Surrey Waverley #Mole Valley #Epsom and Ewell #Reigate and Banstead #Tandridge (district) Tandridge }} '''Surrey''' ({{pron-en 's?ri}}) is a counties of England county in the South East England South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford.{{cite web url=http://www.guildford.gov .uk/guildfordweb/leisure/guildfordmuseum/guildfordsites/historynotes/medieval+guildford.htm publisher=Guildford Borough Council title=Medieval Guildford—''"Henry III confirmed Guildford's status as the county town of Surrey in 1257"'' accessdate=2007-02-12}} Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of Greater London since 1965. Surrey is divided into 11 boroughs and districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford (borough) Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede (district) Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge (district) Tandridge, Waverley, Surrey Waverley, Woking, Surrey Woking. After the elections of 1 May 2008, the Conservative Party (UK) Conservatives are in control of 10 out of 11 councils in Surrey, with Epsom and Ewell in Epsom and Ewell Residents Association Residents Association control. The Conservatives hold all List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey 11 Parliamentary constituencies within the county borders. Settlements and communicationsthumb 200px left The tower on the top of Leith Hill the highest point in Surrey :''See also list of places in Surrey.'' Surrey has a population of approximately 1Ǎ million people{{cite web url=http:/ /www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspag es.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/2008+mid-year+estimates+of+population?opendocument publisher=Surrey City Council title=2008 mid-year estimates of population accessdate=2009-01-15}}. The historic county town is Guildford, although the county administration was moved to Newington, London Newington in 1791 and to Kingston upon Thames in 1893. The county council's headquarters have been outside the county's boundaries since 1 April 1965 when Kingston and other areas were included within Greater London by the London Government Act 1963.{{cite web url=http://www.visio nofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10152902 publisher=Vision of Britain title=Relationships / unit history of Surrey accessdate=2007-10-16}} Recent plans to move the offices to a new site in Woking have now been abandoned.[http://www.surreycc.gov .uk/comm/Press.nsf/0/ac12227d5a45aa6f802570fa00449921?OpenDocument Surrey County Council press release January 17, 2006] Due to its proximity to London there are many commuter towns and villages in Surrey, the population density is high and the area is more affluent than other parts of the United Kingdom UK. Surrey is the most densely populated county after Greater London, the Metropolitan county metropolitan counties and Bristol. Much of the north east of the county is an urban area contiguous to Greater London. In the west, there is a conurbation straddling the Hampshire/Surrey border, including in Surrey Camberley and Farnham. Most English counties have nicknames for people from that county, such as a Yorkshire Tyke from Yorkshire and a Yellowbelly (Lincolnshire) Yellowbelly from Lincolnshire; the traditional nickname for people from Surrey is 'Surrey Capon', as it was well known in the later Middle Ages as the county where chickens were fattened up for the London meat markets. Physical geographythumb left 200px Box Hill, Surrey Box Hill Surrey contains a good deal of mature woodland (reflected in the official logo of Surrey County Council, a pair of interlocking oak leaves). Among its many notable beauty spots are Box Hill, England Box Hill, Leith Hill, Frensham Ponds, Newlands Corner and Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons. It is the most wooded county in Great Britain, with 22ǐ% coverage compared to a national average of 11ǔ%{{cite web u rl=http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite /sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Surrey's+woodlands?opendocument title=Surrey's woodlands publisher=Surrey County Council accessdate=2007-10-16}} and as such is one of the few counties not to include new woodlands in their strategic plans. Box Hill has the oldest untouched area of natural woodland in the UK, one of the oldest in Europe. Much of Surrey is in the Green Belt (UK) Green Belt and is rolling downland, the county's geology being dominated by the chalk hills of the North Downs. Agriculture not being intensive, there are many Common land commons and access lands, together with an extensive network of Rights of way in England and Wales footpaths and bridleways including the North Downs Way, a scenic long-distance path. Accordingly, Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, with a very large horse population. Towards the north of the county, the land is largely flat around Staines and borders the River Thames. The highest elevation in Surrey is Leith Hill near Dorking. It is either 293 < ref>http://www.infobritain.co.uk/Leith_Hill.htm, 294 http://news.bbc.c o.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8387000/8387218.stm or 295 http://bu bl.ac.uk/org/tacit/marilyns/chapter4.htmmetres (961, 965 or 968 ft) above sea level and is the second highest point in southeastern England after Walbury Hill {{convert 297 m ft}} in West Berkshire. HistoryHistory of Surrey}} British and Roman Surreyleft thumb The Roman Stane Street Stane or Stone Street runs through Surrey Before Roman times the area today known as Surrey was very probably occupied by the Atrebates tribe centred at Calleva Atrebatum in the modern county of Hampshire. They are known to have controlled the southern bank of the Thames from Roman documents describing the tribal relations between them and the powerful Catuvellauni on the north bank. In about 42AD King Cunobelinus or Cunobelin Cynfelin ap Tegfan of the Catuvellauni died and war broke out between his sons and King Verica of the Atrebates. The Atrebates were defeated in the conflict, their capital captured and their lands made subject to the Catuvellauni now led by Togodumnus ruling from Camulodunum. Verica fled to Gaul and appealed for Roman aid. The Atrebates were allies with Rome during their invasion of Britain in 43AD. The territory of Surrey was traversed by Stane Street and other less well known Roman roads. There was a Roman temple in Farley Green. After the Romans left Britain in c땊AD the territory of modern Surrey was officially part of Britannia Prima but was probably ruled by the successor realm of the Atrebates tribe. It has long been speculated that Guildford may have been the Astolat of King Arthur Arthurian renown, however the legendary city is more likely to have been Calleva (modern day Silchester), the capital of the Atrebates, which resisted the Anglo-Saxons for many years. The Saxon tribes and the sub-kingdomMiddle Saxon overlords. At this time the Surrey area was sparsely populated and almost entirely forested. There was a local truce recorded in c떤 (possibly as a result of the Battle of Badon Hill) and only north and east Surrey were retained by the Anglo-Saxons. The westward expansion into British territory continued from c뗖AD with some local British communities becoming marooned within the confines of Saxon Surrey, probably around Walton-on-Thames. From 568 the eastern border of Surrey with Kent was agreed and marked by a ditch. Local tribes named ''Æschingas'', ''Godhelmingas'' (around Godalming (hundred) Godalming), ''Tetingas'' (around Tooting), ''Woccingas'' (between Woking and Wokingham), Basingas ''Basingas'' (the Blackwater Valley) and ''Sonningas'' (around Sonning) are known to have existed. In 661 the sub-kingdom took Mercia as its overlord. In 675 Surrey became one of the last portions of England to convert to Christianity when its sub-King Frithuwold of Surrey Frithuwold and his son were baptised.{{Citation needed date=May 2008}} In 685 Surrey changed allegiance and took Wessex as its overlord. In 690 the western border of Surrey was settled with Wessex; the tribal territories of the ''Sonningas'' became part of Berkshire and the ''Basingas'' became part of Hampshire. In 705 Surrey was transferred from the Middle Saxon diocese of London to the West Saxon diocese of Winchester. After 771 Surrey came under the rule of Offa of Mercia and was so until 823 when Surrey reverted to Wessex and so remained. Some historians {{who date=October 2009}} have also speculated that the ''Nox gaga'' and the ''Oht gaga'' tribes listed in the Mercian Tribal Hidage refer to two distinct groups living in Surrey. They were valued together at 7,000 hide (unit) hides. The name ''Surrey'' appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (''s.a.'' 836) as ''Suðrigean'', "southern '':Wikt:-ric ric''", meaning "south region or realm", possibly from its original relationship with the Middle Saxon kingdom. Another derivation that has been suggested is either ''*suð-rea'' or ''*suðr-ea'', "south river" or "southern water", (from '':Wikt:ea ea'') also identifying the territory south of the Thames, but this seems to be a mistranslation: the term would be applied to the waterway, and not the land beyond. A strong case can be made for south ridge, from '':Wikt:hreac hric'', an allusion to the ridge of the Surrey Hills AONB Surrey Hills, as seen from London. This suggestion is informed by Bede's Latinized spelling of ''Sutherigeona'' in ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' of 731.''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'', quoted in Flower.{{cite book title=Surrey Etymologies last=Flower first=John Wickham authorlink= coauthors= year=1865 publisher=Cox and Wyman location= oclc=35186332 page= pages=7–13 url= accessdate=}} '''Sub kings and ''ealdormen'' of Surrey''' ''subreguli'' (Latin language Latin for "sub-kings"): * Frithuwold of Surrey Frithuwold (c뙑 - 675) * Frithuric (675 - c뙞) a series of unknown ''subreguli'' until: * Brorda (c뚷) a series of unknown ''Ealdorman ealdormen'' until: * Wulfherd (c뛧) * Huda (c뜅) a series of unknown ''ealdormen'' until: * Æðelwerd (late 10th century) * Æðelmær (? - 1016) son The West Saxon shireIt is around this time that the wars between the ''Ænglecynn'' and the Danes reach their height with Surrey becoming the arena for a number of key battles; most notably at the Battle of Ockley in 851 and the Battle of Farnham in 894. After the death of King Alfred the Great in 899 his son, King Edward the Elder Eadweard I was crowned on the Coronation Stone King's Stone at Kingston upon Thames. The use of this stone before 902 is unknown but it seems likely that it would have been something of ancient spiritual or political significance. After him another six kings of England from the House of Wessex were crowned here, the last being Ethelred the Unready Ethelred in 978. In 1011, it is recorded that Surrey was over-run by Danish forces led by Canute the Great before all of England submitted to them in 1016. In 1035, Canute died and during the uncertainty that followed the heirs of former Anglo-Saxon rulers attempted to restore the House of Wessex to the throne of England. Alfred Aetheling, the younger of the two heirs (his older brother being the future Edward the Confessor) landed on the coast of Sussex with a Normans Norman mercenary bodyguard and attempted to make his way to London. In the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' there is an account of this fateful encounter: :"As Ælfred and his men approached the town of Guildford in Surrey, thirty miles south-west of London, they were met by the powerful Earl Godwin of Wessex, who professed loyalty to the young prince and procured lodgings for him and his men in the town. The next morning, Godwin said to Ælfred: ''"I will safely and securely conduct you to London, where the great men of the kingdom are awaiting your coming, that they may raise you to the throne."'' This he said in spite of the fact that the throne was already occupied by the son of Knud, Harold Harefoot, and he was actually in league with King Harold to lure the young prince to his death." File:north downs way seen from puttenham.jpg right thumb 300px Hog's Back seen from the North Downs Way, Puttenham, Surrey Puttenham :"Then the earl led the prince and his men over the hill of Guildown" (called today ''The Hog's Back'' and the route of the A31 road A31), "which is to the west of Guildford, on the road to Winchester, not London. Perhaps the prince had insisted on continuing his journey to his original destination, his mother’s court in Winchester, in any case, Godwin repeated his tempting offer; showing the prince the magnificent panorama from the hill both to the north and to the south, he said: ''Look around on the right hand and on the left, and behold what a realm will be subject to your dominion.'' Ælfred then gave thanks to God and promised that if he should ever be crowned king, he would institute such laws as would be pleasing and acceptable to God and men. At that moment, however, he was seized and bound together with all his men. Nine tenths of them were then murdered. And since the remaining tenth was still so numerous, they, too, were decimated." :"Ælfred was tied to a horse and then conveyed by boat to the monastery of Ely. As the boat reached land, his eyes were put out. For a while he was looked after by the monks, who were fond of him, but soon after he died, probably on February 5, 1036." Interestingly, during the 1920s the remains of several hundred soldiers, probably Normans, were found to the west of Guildford. They were bound and had been executed. The grave was dated to c. It is likely that they were the guards of poor Prince Ælfred. After the Anglo-Saxon restoration through the accession of Edward the Confessor Eadweard III in 1042 Surrey remained unmolested until the Norman Conquest in 1066. Few remains of the ancient British, the Roman, or the Saxon periods in Surrey exist. There is an Iron Age hillfort at Holmbury Hill, and only remnants of the Roman roads Stane Street and Ermine Street remain. Roman and Celts Celtic relics, of no great significance, have been found at various locations. Medieval Surreythumb right Hundreds of Surrey c뛩 - 1889 In 1088, William II granted William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey William de Warenne the title of Earl of Surrey as reward for Warenne's loyalty during the rebellion that followed the death of William I of England. The chief subsequent event connected with it was the signing of the great charter at Magna Carta Runnymede, and other public events were mostly intertwined with the history of the metropolis. However, Guildford Castle was captured by forces supporting Louis VIII of France Prince Louis of France in 1216, and in June 1497 the county was overrun by as many as 15,000 Cornish Rebellion of 1497 Cornish rebels heading for London. This would have been the first Brythonic army to move through Surrey for nearly 900 years. There was a brief battle just outside Guildford at ''Gil Down'' before the Cornish rebels marched north east through Banstead and right across Wallington (hundred) Wallington and Brixton (hundred) Brixton Hundreds as far as Blackheath, London Blackheath in Kent where they were eventually routed by an English army. Specimens of monastic buildings of early English date occur in Chertsey Abbey, Waverley Abbey and Newark Priory. These were all destroyed during English Reformation the Reformation. It was also the home of the Merton Priory from 1114 until 1538. From the Saxon period up until Victorian era Victorian times Surrey was divided into the 14 hundred (division) hundreds of Blackheath, Surrey (hundred) Blackheath, Brixton (hundred) Brixton, Copthorne (hundred) Copthorne, Effingham (half hundred) Effingham Half-Hundred, Elmbridge (hundred) Elmbridge, Farnham (hundred) Farnham, Godalming (hundred) Godalming, Godley (hundred) Godley, Kingston (hundred) Kingston, Reigate (hundred) Reigate, Tandridge (hundred) Tandridge, Wallington (hundred) Wallington, Woking (hundred) Woking and Wotton (hundred) Wotton. Modern historyName= Surrey HQ= Newington, London Newington 1889 - 1893 Kingston upon Thames from 1893 Status= Administrative county Start= 1889 End= 1974 Replace= Surrey Image= Civic= File:Surrey arms 1934.png 150px The arms granted to Surrey County Council in 1934 and used until 1974 PopulationFirst= 452,218Census of England and Wales 1891, General Report, Table III: Administrative counties and county boroughs PopulationFirstYear= 1891 PopulationLast= 1,002,832[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10152902 ''Surrey'', Vision of Britain, accessed October 17, 2007] PopulationLastYear= 1971 }} The Local Government Act 1888 reorganised county-level local government throughout England and Wales. Accordingly, the administrative county of Surrey was formed in 1889 when the Provisional Surrey County Council first met, consisting of 19 aldermen and 57 councillors. The county council assumed the administrative responsibilities previously exercised by the county's justice of the peace justices in quarter sessions. The county had revised boundaries, with the north east of the historic county bordering the City of London becoming part of a new County of London. These areas now form the London Boroughs of London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth, London Borough of Southwark Southwark and London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth, and the Penge Urban District Penge area of the London Borough of Bromley. At the same time, the County Borough of Croydon borough of Croydon became a county borough, outside the jurisdiction of the county council. For purposes other than local government the administrative county of Surrey and county borough of Croydon continued to form a "county of Surrey" to which a Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Surrey Custos Rotulorum (Chief Magistrate) and a High Sheriff of Surrey High Sheriff were appointed. Surrey had been administered from Newington, London Newington since the 1790s, and the county council was initially based in the sessions house there. As Newington was included in the County of London it lay outside the area administered by the council, and a site for a new county hall within the administrative county was sought. By 1890 six towns were being considered: Epsom, Guildford, Kingston, Redhill, Surbiton and Wimbledon.''The Times'', March 27, 1890 A decision to build the new County Hall (Surrey) County Hall at Kingston was made in 1891, (the building opened in 1893David Robinson, ''History of County Hall'', Surrey County Council) but this site would also became overtaken by the growing London conurbation and by the 1930s most of the north of the county had been built over, becoming outer suburbs of London, although continuing to form part of Surrey administratively. In 1960 the report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London Herbert Commission recommended that much of north Surrey (including Kingston and Croydon) be included in a new "Greater London". The recommendations of the report were enacted in highly modified form in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The areas that now form the London Boroughs of London Borough of Croydon Croydon, Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames Kingston, London Borough of Merton Merton, London Borough of Sutton Sutton and that part of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Richmond south of the River Thames were transferred from Surrey to Greater London. At the same time part of the county of Middlesex, which had been abolished by the legislation, was added to Surrey. This area now forms the borough of Spelthorne. Further local government reform under the Local Government Act 1972 took place in 1974. The 1972 Act abolished administrative counties and introduced non-metropolitan county non-metropolitan counties in their place. The boundaries of the non-metropolitan county of Surrey were similar to those of the administrative county with the exception of Gatwick Airport and some surrounding land which was transferred to West Sussex. It was originally proposed that the parishes of Horley and Charlwood would become part of West Sussex, however fierce local opposition led to a reversal of this under the Charlwood and Horley Act 1974. On 3 August 2007 it was announced that 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak foot-and-mouth disease had been 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak discovered near Guildford.{{cite news title = Farm infected with foot-and-mouth publisher = BBC News date = 4 August 2007 url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6930684.stm accessdate=2007-10-16}} This was the first outbreak in the UK since 2001. EconomySurrey has the highest GDP per capita of any county in the UK and the highest cost of living in the UK outside of London. Surrey is credited with having the highest proportion of millionaires in the UK. The average wage in Surrey is bolstered by the high number of residents who work in financial services.[http://ww w.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and -home/property/surrey-stockbroker-belt-tops-uk-houseprice-list-581317.html Surrey 'stockbroker belt' tops UK house-price list - Property, House & Home - The Independent] Surrey’s proximity to London and strategic location within South East England has resulted in it becoming one of the most affluent and successful counties in the UK. Surrey’s enduring popularity explains why it dominated the top 10 best places to live in Location, Location, Location Phil & Kirsty’s 2007 list. Surrey’s affluence is further shown by it having the highest concentration of Waitrose supermarkets outside of London. The busiest single runway airport in the world (Gatwick) was historically in Surrey, but is now part of West Sussex. Surrey is also renowned for gardening, with the RHS’s flagship RHS Garden, Wisley, along with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Greater London. The National Archives for England & Wales are also in Kew. NGOs including World Wide Fund for Nature WWF UK & Compassion in World Farming are based here. Surrey has more organisation and company headquarters than any other county in the UK. Electronic giants Nikon, Whirlpool, Canon (company) Canon, Toshiba, Samsung and Philips are housed here. Kia Motors and Toyota UK also have their HQs in Surrey. Some of the largest FMCG multinationals in the world have their UK and/or European headquarters here, including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Superdrug, Nestle, SC Johnson, Kimberly-Clark and Colgate-Palmolive. Government Quangos such as SEEDA, SEERA and GOSE are headquartered in Guildford. Drug giants Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis house their UK headquarters here, as does oil conglomerate Esso. The racing organisation McLaren (racing) McLaren is based in Woking, and the once famous Brooklands race track is near Weybridge. There has been criticism in recent years due to public spending per head being the lowest of any county in the UK. This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Surrey at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by ''Office for National Statistics'' with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.{{cite web url=http://www. statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf title=Regional Gross Value Added publisher=Office for National Statistics date=21 December 2005 format=PDF accessdate=2007-10-16}} { class="wikitable" - ! Year Regional Gross Value AddedComponents may not sum to totals due to rounding Agricultureincludes hunting and forestry Industryincludes energy and construction Servicesincludes financial intermediation services indirectly measured - 1995 '''12,177''' 116 2,414 9,647 - 2000 '''19,811''' 103 3,288 16,420 - 2003 '''22,790''' 99 3,394 19,297 } Waste managementright thumb 200px Albury landfill There are two active landfill sites in Surrey. One is at Albury, Surrey Albury near Guildford. This site is managed by Sita (waste management) SITA. The other is a Patteson Court near Redhill, Surrey Redhill.{{cite web url=http: //www.surreywaste.co.uk/default.aspx?pageID=22#Dis publisher=Surrey Waste Management title=Landfill Guide accessdate=2009-01-07}} Major townsThe third largest town is Ewell with 39,994 people to the north of the county and the fourth is Camberley with 30,155 people in the west of the county. Towns with between 25,000 and 30,000 are Ashford, Surrey Ashford, Epsom, Farnham, Staines and Redhill, Surrey Redhill.{{cite web url=http://www .surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublica tions.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/1c6 02ea59c869c9180256e600054b26c/$FILE/Town%20populations.pdf publisher=Surrey County Council title=2001 Census: Town/villages in Surrey with population more than 1000 format=PDF accessdate=2007-10-16}} TransportRoadThese are the M25 motorway M25 (London Orbital), M3 motorway M3 and the M23 motorway M23. The A3 road A3 trunk road is another important road and is a major route to the south coast and London. RailWaterloo, London Victoria station Victoria or London Bridge station London Bridge stations. Services are operated by Southern (train operating company) Southern and South West Trains. There are three main lines which pass through Surrey. They are the Brighton Main Line from Victoria or London Bridge, the South Western Main Line and the Portsmouth Direct Line from Waterloo. Several other lines branch off from those three. The main stations in Surrey are Woking railway station Woking, Guildford (Surrey) railway station Guildford and Redhill railway station Redhill. AirEducationcomprehensive secondary education system with 53 state schools (not including sixth form colleges), but there are also 41 independent schools including Preparatory school (UK) Preparatory schools and Senior schools —a high proportion of school children in Surrey are privately educated.{{Citation needed date=January 2008}} Most have sixth forms although Reigate, Esher, Egham, Spelthorne, Woking and Waverley districts tend to have separate sixth form colleges. Higher educationList of schools in Surrey Category:Education in Surrey}} * The University of Surrey is based in Guildford and the University of Creative Arts (UCA) is based in Farnham. File:RoyalHollowayFoundersLondon-Seabhcan.jpg thumb 400px right Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway College, Egham * Royal Holloway, University of London is based in Egham * Kingston University is based in Greater London/Surrey. Places of interestBox Hill just north of Dorking; the Devil's Punch Bowl at Hindhead; Frensham Common, heathland with a variety of plant, animal and birdlife plus the Great Pond and Little Pond dating from the Middle Ages when they were constructed to provide food for the Bishop of Winchester's estate. Leith Hill to the south west of Dorking is the highest point in south-east England. Witley Common, Thursley Common and Elstead MoatFile:NTE icon.png National Trust are expansive areas of ancient heathland south of Godalming are run by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust and Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) Ministry of Defence. The Surrey Hills AONB Surrey Hills are an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). File:Lawns at Wisley.jpg thumb right 250px Lawns at RHS Garden, Wisley More manicured landscapes can be seen at Claremont Landscape Garden, south of Esher (dating from 1715). There is also Winkworth Arboretum south east of Godalming which was created in the 20th century. Wisley is home to the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Garden, Wisley gardens. Surrey has important country houses such as Clandon ParkFile:HH icon.png Historic House, an 18th century Palladian mansion in West Clandon to the east of Guildford. Nearby there is Hatchlands ParkFile:HH icon.png Historic House in East Clandon, east of Guildford, was built in 1758 with Robert Adam interiors and a collection of keyboard instruments. Polesden LaceyFile:HH icon.png Historic House south of Great Bookham is a regency architecture regency villa with extensive grounds. On a smaller scale, Oakhurst Cottage in Hambledon, Surrey Hambledon near Godalming is a restored 16th century worker's home. There is a museum at Rural Life Centre, Tilford. The county is linked to the sea by the River Wey and the Wey and Godalming Navigations. Dapdune Wharf in Guildford commemorates this and is home to a restored Wey barge, the Reliance. Furthermore on the River Tillingbourne, Shalford Mill is an 18th century water-mill. There are many typical English villages including Holmbury St Mary which lies in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to the Greensand Way and North Downs Way. It was developed in the 19th century and still has a mainly Victorian era Victorian character as on the whole no new building is allowed. The youth hostel, constructed in the village in 1935, was the first purpose-built by the Youth Hostels Association. File:Runnymede-meadow-eghamend.jpg 200px right thumb Runnymede where the Magna Carta was signed Runnymede at Egham is the site of the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. Waverley Abbey Waverley and Chertsey Abbeys were very significant in medieval Surrey. Guildford Cathedral is a post-war cathedral built from bricks made from the clay hill on which it stands. Brooklands Museum recognises the motoring past of Surrey. The county is also home to Thorpe Park, & Chessington World of AdventuresFile:Themepark uk icon.png 15px Amusement Park, sister theme parks of Alton Towers. Culture, arts and sportCurrently, the Surrey County Cricket Club represents the Historic counties of England historic county of Surrey, although its largest ground, The Oval in Kennington, is now in Greater London. The club also uses Whitgift School, South Croydon and Woodbridge Road, Guildford for some games. Mitcham Cricket Club, formed in 1685 and the oldest documented club in the game's history, was within Surrey's borders until 1965.Phil Shaw, The Independent, 13 July 2003, [http://www.findartic les.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020713/ai_n12629473 ''Cricket: After 400 years, history is made next to the A323'']. Retrieved on 6 February 2007. Quote: "Mitcham Green has been in continual use as a cricket venue for 317 years". James Hunt, the 1976 Formula 1 World Driver's Champion was born in Belmont, Surrey in 1947 (Belmont is administered by the London Borough of Sutton). Surrey has numerous football teams. As of the end of the 2008/09 season the top 20 clubs based on their league finishes within the National League System were: * 1st Woking F.C. Woking (Step 1 - 21st) * 2nd Staines Town (Step 3 - 2nd) * 3rd Ashford Town F.C. (Middlesex) Ashford Town (Middx) (Step 3 - 10th) * 4th Metropolitan Police F.C. Metropolitan Police (Step 4 - 4th) * 5th Merstham F.C. Merstham (Step 4 - 7th) * 6th Godalming Town (Step 4 - 9th) * 7th Walton & Hersham F.C. Walton & Hersham (Step 4 - 14th) * 8th Leatherhead F.C. Leatherhead (Step 4 - 15th) * 9th Walton Casuals (Step 4 - 17th) * 10th Whyteleafe F.C. Whyteleafe (Step 4 - 18th) * 11th Chipstead F.C. Chipstead (Step 4 - 21st) * 12th Chertsey Town (Step 5 - 3rd) * 13th Epsom & Ewell F.C. Epsom & Ewell (Step 5 - 4th) * 14th Camberley Town (Step 5 - 5th) * 15th Badshot Lea F.C. Badshot Lea (Step 5 - 7th) * 16th Redhill F.C. Redhill (Step 5 - 8th) * =17th Ash United (Step 5 - 9th) * =17th Lingfield F.C. Lingfield (Step 5 - 9th) * 19th Banstead Athletic (Step 5 - 10th) * 20th Molesey F.C. Molesey (Step 5 - 11th) File:BrooklandsPoster.jpg thumb left 200px Brooklands was the first ever purpose-built motorsport race circuit. In popular music, the "Surrey Delta" produced many of the musicians in 60s British blues movements, notably, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page who all came from south west Surrey. The Rolling Stones developed its music at Crawdaddy Club in Richmond. Paul Weller of the Jam was also brought up in Woking. Surrey in film and booksthumb right Sculpture of a H. G. Wells Wellsian Martian tripod in Woking Surrey has been mentioned in literature: in the ''Harry Potter'' series, Harry Potter (character) Harry's only living relatives, the Dursley family Dursleys, live in Places in Harry Potter#Little Whinging Little Whinging, a fictional town located in Surrey. The character Ford Prefect (character) Ford Prefect from ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' claimed to be from Guildford in Surrey, but in actuality he was from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelguese. Surrey was mentioned often in Aldous Huxley's novel ''Brave New World''. Much of H. G. Wells's 1898 novella ''The War of the Worlds'' is set in Surrey with many specific towns and villages identified. The Martians first land on Horsell Common SSSI Horsell Common on the north side of Woking, outside the Bleak House pub, now called Sands. In the story the narrator flees in the direction of London, first passing Byfleet and then Weybridge before travelling east along the north bank of the Thames. Jane Austen's novel Emma is set in Surrey and the famous picnic where Emma embarrasses Miss Bates takes place on Box Hill. In ''The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (novel)'' by Sophie Kinsella, Rebecca Bloomwood's parents live in Oxshott, Surrey. Atonement (novel) is also set in the Surrey lands. Tom Felton, who is most famous for his role as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, lives in Surrey with his mother and three brothers. The Tripods Non-wellsian Tripods were also seen in Surrey in the village of Friday Street (Surrey) Friday Street ({{cite news url=http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/Tripods.html title = Friday Street accessdate=2009-01-12}}) The late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman mentions Camberley in his poem "A Subaltern's Lovesong". In contrast, Carshalton forms the literary backdrop to many of the poems by James Farrar. The county has also been used as a film location. Part of the movie ''The Holiday'' was filmed in Godalming: Kate Winslet's character Iris lived there and Cameron Diaz's character Amanda switched houses with her as part of a home exchange. The final scene of ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' uses the village church in Shere, as does the movie ''The Wedding Date''. In the 1976 film ''The Omen (1976 film) The Omen'', the scenes at the cathedral were filmed at Guildford Cathedral.{{cite news url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1789988,00.html title = Church fears return of Omen curse accessdate = 2007-08-31 date =4 June 2004 work = The Observer}} The film ''I Want Candy (film) I Want Candy'' follows two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies. Surrey woodland represented Germany in the opening scene of ''Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator'', starring Russell Crowe; it was filmed at The Bourne Woods near Farnham in Surrey. Surrey has been also mentioned in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic books. Scenes for the 2009 BBC production of Emma by Jane Austen, starring Romola Garai and Michael Gambon, were filmed at St Mary the Virgin Church Send near Guildford and at Loseley House. Surrey is the location for Lara Croft's mansion in the Tomb Raider game series. In an episode of Silent Witness, character Nikki Alexander mentions how she was sent to a grammar school in Guildford and that she was found at Guildford Train Station after she ran away. Most Haunted producer Karl Beattie originates from Guildford. County Emergency ServicesPreviously Surrey Ambulance Service covered Surrey; on 1 July 2006, it merged with Sussex Ambulance Service and Kent Ambulance Service to form the South East Coast Ambulance Service. Surrey has twenty-one ambulance stations. * Surrey Fire & Rescue Service, with twenty-four fire stations in Surrey. See alsoReferences2}} Bibliographyurl=http://uk .oocities.com/guildfordian2002/AngloSaxon/PrinceAlfred.htm title=Martyr-Prince Alfred Of England author=Vladimir Moss accessdate=2007-10-16}} * {{cite web url=http:/ /www.btinternet.com/~john.whitbourn/Cornish.htm title=The Day the Cornish Invaded Guildford publisher=The Surrey Advertiser date=2 June 1989 accessdate=2007-10-16}} External linksSurrey}} * [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk Surrey County Council] * [http://www.surreylife.co.uk Surrey Life features the county's people, places, heritage, property, events and more in its monthly magazine] * [http://forum.surrey-online.co.uk/ Surrey Online Forum, with several insights and business owners discussing Surrey's future]. *{{dmoz Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Surrey}} * [http://s urreymaps.surreycc.gov.uk/public/viewer.asp Surrey Interactive Map] * [http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk Exploring Surrey's Past] {{Geographic Location title = '''Neighbouring counties''' Centre = Surrey North = Berkshire, Greater London Northeast = Greater London East = Kent Southeast = East Sussex South = West Sussex Southwest = Hampshire West = Hampshire Northwest = Berkshire }} {{Surrey}} {{England counties}} {{coord 51뒣 -0땒 display=title}} Category:Surrey Category:Non-metropolitan counties af:Surrey ang:Suþrige ar:??? ast:Surrey br:Kontelezh Surrey bg:???? ca :Surrey cs:Surrey cy:Surrey da:Surrey de:Surr ey et:Surrey el:S???e? es:Surrey eo:Surrey eu:Surrey fr:Surrey (comté) hi:??? io:Surrey id :Surrey is:Surrey it:Surrey kw:Surrey la:Surregia lv:Sareja lb:Grofschaft Surrey mr:??? ms:Surrey nl:Surrey ja:??? 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