St Paul, Addlestone
1836. ‘A grim, lean exterior — stock-brick, lancet windows, W tower — and a vile interior,’ writes Sir Nikolaus Pevsner in ‘Surrey’ (1962). 'The architect was not a local builder, but James Savage, the architect of St Luke’s Chelsea, a man whose reputation is grossly overvalued.’
The South West London (SWL) Branch covers South West London
We hold regular meetings on the first Monday of the month, at 8pm, at St Paul's, Church Road / School Lane, Addlestone Surrey KT15 1SJ (Jct 11, M25)
These are some photos from their events and ride outs
Places to see in ( Addlestone - UK )
Places to see in ( Addlestone - UK )
Addlestone is the administrative town of the borough of Runnymede in the county of Surrey, England. The town lies just within the M25 motorway. Addlestone is home to an ancient oak named The Crouch Oak and is centred 18.6 miles southwest of London. Junction 11 of the M25 motorway serves the roads local to Addlestone and Chertsey, the adjoining town in which it was historically included. Addlestone has its own railway station on the Chertsey Branch Line, four principal bus services and is home to the post-junior parts of St George's College.
Addlestone is a large village which owing to its size is generally referred to as a town, 18.6 miles (29.9 km) southwest of London and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) north-by-northeast of the county town, Guildford; the town constitutes the administrative centre of the borough of Runnymede of which it is the largest settlement. Narrow green buffers separate the town of Weybridge and town of Chertsey and a larger green buffer including a farm, M25 and a golf course separates the village of Ottershaw. No fixed southern boundary with New Haw exists which has had signs at various points but not on all approaches
The name Addlestone probably means Attel's Denu: the valley belonging to a Saxon named Attel. Addlestone, historically called Atlesdon or Atlesford, was a part of Chertsey ecclesiastical parish[n 1], the basic unit of civil administration. In 1241 the place was listed as Attelsdene and by 1610 John Speed's map shows it as Adleston, halfway between St. Annhill and St. Georg Hill, just south of the Thames.
Heading north from the town, towards the Addlestonemoor five-way, two-lane roundabout is a Grade II listed building at the renaming Brighton Road to Chertsey Road, the George Inn, almost opposite which are another listed building split into two houses: nos 114–116 Chertsey Road, early 19th century, slate-roofed houses with sash windows. This Inn is a Tudor Period building with 18th century and later alterations and has three gables facing the road.
Woburn Hill is a large house built in 1815 spread over three storeys, that features a moulded cornice and fluted Greek Doric columns to its porch with an iron balustrade above it forming a balcony in front of a central window of the floor above. Row Hill forms a residential estate with shops of a butcher, baker and electrical appliance store that is contiguous with Addlestone to its west.
Addlestone Moor has a public house, now closed 08/2013, now a Day Nursery, flood meadows, a sports pitch and a mobile home park. Its roundabout marks on the closer side of town has five exits and is used for motorway access from primarily Addlestone, Weybridge, Shepperton, Laleham and Chertsey.
Addlestone railway station is on the Chertsey Branch Line from Weybridge from where rapid national services can be caught on the South West Main Line. A journey time of 47 minutes to London Waterloo station with one change is achievable or 81 minutes with no changes via Staines upon Thames, Feltham, Hounslow, Chiswick and Putney.
( Addlestone - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Addlestone . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Addlestone - UK
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Sound of Silence
NES Spring Concert 2018
24th April, 2018
St Paul's Church Addlestone
In aid of The ME Trust
Conductor - Guy Bunce
Accompanist - Jonny Lane
Video - NES & Gerald Gravett
Guildford - Addlestone - Wisley - Surrey 1996
Amateur camcorder footage from the Mark Russell Astra-wagon summer 1996. Wisley was a dark dark place back then...!
Backed up from VHS in it's original format - hence the quality (and background music)
The London England Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The London Temple is located on the A22 Eastbourne Road /West Park Road, Newchapel, Surrey RH7 6NB.
The London Temple Visitors' Centre staffed by the England London Mission is now closed BUT there is one at the Hyde Park LDS Chapel
Exhibition Road 64-68 Princes Gate, London SW7 2PA.
ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Surrounding the temple are 10 acres of formal grounds featuring Eden Brook on the southern border of the property and numerous stately oak trees. A picturesque pond sits to the southwest creating inspiring reflections of the temple both day and night.
Brief History: -
In 1952, President David O. McKay (9th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) authorised church officials to search for property to purchase for two temple sites in Europe…one in Switzerland and the other in England. In June 1953, a property owned by the Pears family (owners of the Pears Soap Manufacturers) was purchased by the church. President McKay and Edward Anderson (the temple architect), came to England and walked the grounds to determine the location of the temple.
The area President McKay finally selected was partially covered by a lily pond. Because of the high water table and soft nature of the ground it appeared completely unsuitable to support the grand structure they had in mind. After President McKay insisted that the spot he had indicated was the right spot further investigation was authorised. Engineers then, to their surprise, discovered that beneath the boggy pond was a natural shale platform at the proper depth to support the temple. The project engineer said “You could build the city of London on the site!”
Ground was broken on the 27th August 1955 and the temple was completed and dedicated on the 7th – 9th September 1958 by President McKay.
The London Temple is built of Portland Limestone.
In 1992, the temple was re-furbished and re-dedicated by the then First Counsellor of the First Presidency of the Church, President Gordon B. Hinckley.
The angel Moroni standing atop the spire was added in 2008.
The site where the London Temple stands, was known as Newchapel Farm and was listed in the Domesday Book of William the Conquerer.
Music: Paul Cardall, 'I love to see the Temple'
Photography/Video/Drone by G, Taylor, Elias & Caleb
Past Time With Good Company
NES Spring Concert 2018
24th April, 2018
St Paul's Church Addlestone
In aid of The ME Trust
Conductor - Guy Bunce
Accompanist - Jonny Lane
Video - NES & Gerald Gravett
new years day 2012 Naming of Jesus final 1.avi
New Years Day Parish Mass for the Feat of the Naming of Jesus Common Worship Church of England at the Parish Church of St Mary-of-Eton Hackney Wick
Beating The Bounds At St Clements Danes Aka - After 24 Years (1922)
London.
Full titles read: After 24 Years - The ceremony of Beating the Bounds of the Parish of St. Clements Danes - the origin of which is lost in antiquity - revived.
M/S of people preparing for the ancient ceremony. Children in cap and gowns, walk in procession holding up the strange thin sticks used in the ceremony. They are followed by various dignitaries. M/S's of the children climbing up a ladder leaning against the wall of the church and hitting it with the stick.
M/S of the children standing circle around hole in the ground they all poke their sticks in and wiggle them around frantically! L/S of boats on the River Thames the children are accompanied by adults, however more stick waggling takes place in the water.
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Arriving home from the wedding
Husband and Wife return home - Somebody get Paul a drink !!!!!!
UK Level Crossings & Trains in 2019 (End Of Year Compilation)!!!
The longest video of the year is finally here! Here's the nearly 90-minute-long compilation featuring 50 carefully selected crossings from this busy year of filming for me!
Feel free to watch the entire video, or if you don't want to view every clip in this compilation, these timestamps will guide you to the point in the video where the clip of the crossing you want to see begins to play!
1. East Farleigh MCB-CCTV, Kent: 00:13
2. Church Lane MCB-CCTV, Essex: 01:59
3. Kingswear MCB-CCTV, Devon: 03:08
4. South Woodham Ferrers ABCL, Essex: 05:21
5. Canterbury (St. Stephens) MCB-CCTV, Kent: 06:30
6. Hythe MCB-CCTV, Essex: 08:36
7. Lincoln MCB-CCTV, Lincolnshire: 10:02
8. Reigate MCB, Surrey: 12:16
9. Noose Lane MCB-CCTV, West Midlands: 14:02
10. Feltham MCB-CCTV, London: 15:43
11. Paignton South TMOB, Devon: 17:14
12. Helpston MCB, Cambridgeshire: 19:39
13. Topsham MCB-CCTV, Devon: 21:17
14. Romney Sands ABCL, Kent: 23:13
15. Mitcham MCB-CCTV, London: 24:58
16. Poole MCB-CCTV, Dorset: 26:44
17. Kings Dyke MCB, Cambridgeshire: 28:08
18. Mount Pleasant MCB-CCTV, Southampton: 30:05
19. Cradley Heath MCB-CCTV, West Midlands: 31:51
20. Medhurst Row UWC + MWL, Kent: 33:33
21. Broadmead Road MCB-CCTV, Bedfordshire 34:42
22. Petersfield MCB, Hampshire: 35:57
23. Stone MCB-CCTV, Staffordshire: 37:31
24. Pirton AHBC, Worcestershire: 39:06
25. Foxton MCB + FP, Cambridgeshire: 40:16
26. Crawley Horsham Road MCB-CCTV, West Sussex: 41:33
27. Woodnesborough MCB-CCTV, Kent: 42:59
28. Wool MCB-CCTV, Dorset: 44:25
29. Cosham MCB-CCTV, Portsmouth: 45:58
30. Grain MG, Kent: 47:39
31. Canute Road AOCL, Southampton: 52:59
32. Canterbury (St. Dunstans) MCB-CCTV, Kent: 54:52
33. Langley Green MCB-CCTV, West Midlands: 56:22
34. Britannia MCB, Devon: 57:49
35. Manor Way MCB-OC, London 59:48
36. Crediton MCB, Devon: 1:00:44
37. Exeter MCB-CCTV & FP, Devon: 1:02:47
38. Parkeston West MCB, Essex: 1:04:41
39. Addlestone MCB-CCTV, Surrey: 1:06:34
40. Portslade MCB-CCTV, East Sussex: 1:08:34
41. Whyteleafe MCB-CCTV, Surrey: 1:10:05
42. Bradfield Pump Barrier UWC + MWL, Essex: 1:12:08
43. Stoke Canon MCB-CCTV, Devon: 1:13:37
44. Charlton Lane MCB, London: 1:15:10
45. Cuxton MCB, Kent: 1:16:30
46. Botolph’s Bridge ABCL, Kent: 1:18:32
47. Wallingford ABCL, Oxfordshire: 1:19:49
48. Bedhampton MCB-CCTV, Hampshire: 01:21:45
49. Farncombe (Farncombe Street) MCB, Surrey: 01:23:33
50. Paignton MCB-CCTV, Devon 01:25:19
The crossing types:
MCB: Manually Controlled Barriers
CCTV: Closed Circuit TeleVision
OC: On Call
ABCL: Automatic Barrier Crossing Locally Monitored
AHBC: Automatic Half Barrier Crossing
UWC: User-Worked Crossing
MWL: Miniature Warning Light(s)
FP: FootPath crossing
Special thanks to:
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Paul Gilman
Thank you for watching! I'll see you in 2020!!!
Beating the Bounds, 2011 - Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
This annual walk of just over 18 miles which 'beats' the boundary of the parish is an ancient custom, is said to date back 400 years, to a time before detailed maps were available. So the original purpose was to share knowledge of the parish lands and boundaries. It took place on Ascension Day or during Rogation Week in early May. The Aldbourne boundary walk was rediscovered in the mid sixties by Commander Davies, Dr. Trevor Tiplady and Anthony Brown. They traced the old boundary stones and after about three years established the route. The Commander then asked others to join him on this annual walk and so re-established the Aldbourne Beating the Bounds. This continued until 1983 when the Parish Council were asked to take over the organisation of the walk. A small committee was therefore set up to ensure the walk was continued. Donald Barnes and Brian Buckler have arranged the walk for 30 years - and Donald has led the walk throughout. This was the last walk to be arranged and led by this team. More than 50 people of all ages set out at 8am on Monday May 2nd, 2011, many others joined the walk after lunch and everyone arrived back at the war memorial on The Green at around 4.30.
From next year David Parmiter and Paul Goodge will take the reins.
If you are wondering about the scenes in which children are being 'bumped' on a large stone, this is because certain stones, trees or other marker points around a parish boundary used to be beaten by literally bumping a boy (often a choirboy) against the mark. The boy would be suspended upside down and his head gently tapped against the stone or he would be taken by the feet and hands and swung against a tree. Nobody knows why or how the tradition originated. One explanation is that the bumping of choir boys - at one time all the local children would have been involved - was 'to help them remember'. However, this is likely to be a late attempt to explain what was almost certainly pagan in origin. Similar ceremonies were found in Greece and Rome. In the latter representations of Janus, the god of entrances whose two-heads enable him to watch in all directions, were sometimes set up as boundary markers. The evidence that it was once also practised in China suggests it may actually derive from an extremely archaic spring fertility rite and that the bumping ceremonies may even be the relics of child sacrifice. The use of willow wands in some places may also be significant as the willow was a sacred tree of the Druids. The connection between boundaries and child sacrifice, in some ways, parallels the antique custom of burying the body of a sacrificed child in the foundations of a new building. Whatever its origins it is certainly another pagan tradition taken over by the Christian church. In 470 AD there was a serious earthquake in plague-ridden Vienna, and the bishop ordered litanies to be said in solemn procession through the fields on Ascension Day. In 511 AD this custom was extended to the whole of Gaul and was apparently adopted officially in England in the early eighth century.
We certainly live and learn!
Thanks to Brian Buckler, Jo Hutchings, The Aldbourne Net and for much of these notes. See aldbourne.net for more information about Aldbourne. Several scenes from the TV series 'Band of Brothers' were shot in and around Aldbourne.
All shots taken with a Nokia 6700 mobile phone.
Nikolaus Pevsner (researcher, Laura Shipley)
Nikolaus Pevsner was born in 1902, Leipzig, Germany, to affluent Russian-Jewish parents. His academic mother encouraged him to pursue the arts, first in music and later in art history. He attended the University of Leipzig, Berlin, and Frankfurt, completing his PhD in 1924. During his dissertation, he began teaching English art and architecture at the University of Gottingen. Interestingly, he was a supporter of Hitler's ideas, even though he was dismissed from the Gottingen for his Jewish parentage. In 1933, he was awarded a research fellowship at the University of Birmingham, studying the role of the designer in the industrial process. This work led to a job as a buyer of modern textiles, glass, and ceramics for the Gordon Russell furniture company in London. His first book, Pioneers of the Modern Movement, was then published in 1936.
The beginning of World War II brought great difficulties for Pevsner. Living in England, he was listed as an enemy alien and held in an internment camp in Liverpool for three months in 1940. When he was released, he cleaned debris from the Blitz, the only work he could find. Relief came in 1942, when he received a position teaching art history in Birkbeck College of the University of London. He began his masterpiece shortly thereafter in 1945, The Buildings of England. This work included a 46- volume architectural guide through the counties of England, which remains important today. After becoming a naturalized British citizen in 1946, Pevsner's teaching career also progressed, with his professorships at both Cambridge and Oxford between 1949 and 1969. He also delivered more than 78 radio talks for the BBC up to 1977, including his famous Reith Lectures in 1955.
Before his death in 1983, Pevsner had won many awards, including a CBE in 1953, the RIBA Gold Medal in 1967, as well as election as a Fellow of the British Academy. He was even knighted in 1969 for his services to art and architecture. Pevsner's contribution as an art historian was summarized by Robin Middleton in Pevsner's obituary. Middleton said, The impact Pevsner made on the study of English architecture was very great indeed, but it was by way of bringing it to attention, rather than interpreting it. Middleton argued that Pevsner changed the course of study in art and architectural history, and it would be difficult to argue otherwise.
LIVERPOOL MODEL BOAT CLUB INTRODUCTION
Short introduction to Liverpool Model Boat Club
Former Blenheim and Woodstock railway station
Closed in 1957 began as a private Railway for the Duke of Marlborough. It was a branch line which joined the main line near Hampton Gay. I wonder how many locals don't know that there ever was a railway, The building has been renovated and is of high quality construction. It is L-Shaped.
I guess a young Winston Churchill would have used this station however it was already closed so that on 30 January 1965, after his state funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral, London, his body was taken by train to nearby Long Hanborough railway station and thence to Bladon
Benedictus
The collected choirs of Salesian School, Chertsey, performing Karl Jenkins' Benedictus at the close of our 2015 Nine Lessons and Carol Service. Conducted by Rebecca Clarey, hosted by Christ The Prince of Peace Church, Weybridge, Surrey, UK.
Brill Hill By Air
Some night and day footage of the windmill and surrounding area at Brill Hill windmill.
Pope arrives in Uzbekistan for talks on US attacks.
1. Wide shot, airplane arriving
2. Cut away, girls in national costume
3. Mid shot, Pope waves
4. Wide shot, band
5. Wide shot, Pope descends stairs
6. Wide shot, plane, welcoming
7. Mid shot, Nazarbayev and Pope
8. Wide shot, Pope's entourage
9. Mid shot, Pope and Nazarbayev
10. Wide shot, arrival ceremony
11. Wide shot, pan honorary guard
12. Close up, Pope
13. Wide shot, Pope`s entourage
STORYLINE:
Pope John Paul II arrived Saturday in the Kazakh capital Astana on his first foreign trip since the devastating terrorist attacks in the United States last week and the subsequent build-up of U.S. military forces to strike back.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met the religious leader at the airport.
During his four-day visit to Astana, John Paul is expected to speak of the need for peace and justice in the aftermath of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which he strongly condemned.
Kazakh officials have stressed their nation's tradition of peaceful relations between the Kazakh and Russian-language populations, and its location at the meeting point between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam.
The frail, 81-year-old pontiff insisted on proceeding with the trip despite security concerns in the wake of the attacks.
Kazakh officials expressed gratitude.
The pontiff came to Kazakhstan on the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is eager to win acceptance in the West, and the country's Catholics, who make up 2 to 3 percent of Kazakhstan's 15 million population.
The majority religions are Islam and Russian Orthodox Christianity.
Some 70,000-150,000 Catholic pilgrims from Russia and Central Asia are expected to arrive in Astana, which was declared the capital only a few years ago and has a population of just 350,000.
They will be put up in hotels, student hostels, campgrounds and railway carriages.
Nazarbayev's security officers, Vatican bodyguards, and more than 3,300 Kazak police will be deployed at the pope's open-air Masses on Sunday and Monday.
All transit traffic through Astana is prohibited on those days, except for buses carrying worshippers and official vehicles.
On his first stop, the pope laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of Soviet repression, honoring the legions of people who were exiled to the harsh Kazakh steppes and imprisoned in Soviet-era labor camps.
Hundreds of thousands perished, but many of those who have survived to this day, including Poles, Ukrainians and other Catholics, were expected to flock to see the pope.
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Charleston, South Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:31 1 Geography
00:03:29 1.1 Topography
00:04:53 1.2 Climate
00:06:40 1.3 Metropolitan Statistical Area
00:08:17 2 History
00:08:25 2.1 Colonial era (1670–1786)
00:19:53 2.2 American Revolution (1776–1783)
00:22:50 2.3 Antebellum era (1783–1861)
00:30:40 2.4 Civil War (1861–1865)
00:32:37 2.5 Postbellum (1865–1945)
00:37:33 2.6 Contemporary era (1945–present)
00:41:10 3 Demographics
00:41:35 3.1 Language
00:42:59 3.2 Religion
00:44:34 4 Culture
00:45:52 4.1 Annual cultural events and fairs
00:46:54 4.2 Music
00:49:32 4.3 Live theater
00:50:12 4.4 Museums, historical sites, and other attractions
00:56:01 4.5 Sports
00:57:50 4.6 Books and films
00:58:57 5 Economy
01:00:09 6 Government
01:00:56 6.1 Fire department
01:01:39 6.2 Police department
01:02:43 6.3 EMS and medical centers
01:03:53 6.4 Coast Guard Station Charleston
01:04:23 7 Crime
01:05:09 8 Transportation
01:05:18 8.1 Airport
01:06:03 8.2 Rail
01:06:25 8.3 Interstates and highways
01:07:21 8.3.1 Major highways
01:08:10 8.3.2 Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
01:08:48 8.4 City bus service
01:09:33 8.5 Port
01:11:13 9 Parks
01:11:21 10 Schools, colleges, and universities
01:13:42 11 Armed Forces
01:15:27 11.1 U.S. Coast Guard
01:16:22 11.2 Army
01:16:34 12 Media
01:16:42 12.1 Broadcast television
01:18:30 13 Notable people
01:20:52 14 Sister cities
01:22:31 15 See also
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SUMMARY
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Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 136,208 in 2018. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 787,643 residents in 2018, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II of England. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. Historians estimate that nearly half of all Africans brought to America arrived in Charleston, most at Gadsden's Wharf. The only major antebellum American city to have a majority-enslaved population, Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War in 1861 by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and hospitable people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination. ...
Surrey | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:15 1 Geography
00:04:53 2 Settlements
00:06:35 3 History
00:06:44 3.1 Ancient British and Roman periods
00:08:25 3.2 Formation of Surrey
00:11:41 3.2.1 Identified sub-kings of Surrey
00:12:05 3.3 West Saxon and English shire
00:16:53 3.3.1 Identified iealdormen/i of Surrey
00:17:17 3.4 Later Medieval Surrey
00:24:53 3.5 Early Modern Surrey
00:32:07 3.6 Modern history
00:39:38 4 Historic architecture and monuments
00:42:33 5 Literature
00:46:48 6 Arts and sciences
00:49:15 7 Popular music
00:51:01 8 Sport
00:54:49 8.1 Surrey football clubs
00:55:53 9 Local government
00:56:03 9.1 History
00:59:35 9.2 Today
01:00:08 10 Economy
01:01:23 11 Transport
01:01:32 11.1 Road
01:04:15 11.2 Rail
01:09:25 11.3 Long-distance national services
01:10:07 11.4 Air
01:10:51 12 Education
01:11:59 12.1 Higher education
01:12:26 13 Emergency services
01:12:43 14 Places of interest
01:15:19 15 In popular culture
01:18:29 16 See also
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SUMMARY
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Surrey ( SURR-ee) is a county in South East England which borders Kent to the east, West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the north-west, and Greater London to the north-east.
With about 1.2 million people, Surrey is the twelfth most populous English county, the third most populous home county, after Kent and Essex, and the third most populous in the South East, after Hampshire and Kent.
Guildford is popularly regarded as the county town, although Surrey County Council is based extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames.
Surrey is divided into eleven districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, and Woking.
The London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, and parts of Lewisham and Bromley were in Surrey until 1889, as were Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and the part of Richmond upon Thames on the right bank of the River Thames until 1965, when they were absorbed into Greater London, and the county extended north of the Thames by the addition of Spelthorne, as a result of the dissolution of Middlesex.
Surrey is a wealthy county due to economic, aesthetic, conservation and logistical factors. It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county, some of the highest property values outside Inner London, and also the highest cost of living outside of the capital.
Surrey has the highest proportion of woodland of counties in England. It has large protected green spaces (such as the North Downs, Greensand Ridge and related Surrey Hills AONB and royal landscapes adjoin it — Windsor Great Park and Bushy Park near the River Thames). It has four horse racing courses, and golf courses including international competition venue Wentworth.
Surrey is close to Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the M25, M3 and M23 motorways and has frequent rail services to central London.