Surrey
- The University of Surrey is based in Guildford
- Royal Holloway, University of London is based in Egham
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Places of interest
Significant landscapes in Surrey include Box 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
, heathland south of Godalming, is run by the National Trust and Surrey Hills is an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
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 gardens.
Surrey has important country houses such as Clandon Park
, an 18th century Palladian mansion in West Clandon to the east of Guildford. Nearby there is Hatchlands Park in East Clandon, east of Guildford, was built in 1758 with Robert Adam interiors and a collection of keyboard instruments. Polesden Lacey south of Great Bookham is a regency villa with extensive grounds. On a smaller scale, Oakhurst Cottage in 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 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.
Runnymede at Egham is the site of the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. 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
, a sister theme park of Alton Towers.
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Culture, arts and sport
The first known record of cricket was in Guildford, Surrey (see History of English cricket to 1696). Currently, the Surrey County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Surrey, although its largest ground, The Oval, which was once in Surrey, has been made part of Greater London.
Surrey has numerous football teams. As of the end of the 2007/08 season the top 20 clubs based on their league finishes were:
- 1st Woking F.C. (Step 1 - 17th)
- 2nd Sutton United F.C. (Step 2 - 22nd)
- 3rd Staines Town F.C. (Step 3 - 2nd)
- 4th AFC Wimbledon (Step 3 - 3rd)
- 5th Carshalton Athletic F.C. (Step 3 - 18th)
- 6th Metropolitan Police F.C. (Step 4 - 4th)
- 7th Kingstonian (Step 4 - 7th)
- 8th Walton & Hersham F.C. (Step 4 - 10th)
- 9th Whyteleafe F.C. (Step 4 - 11th)
- 10th Godalming Town F.C. (Step 4 - 12th)
- 11th Chipstead F.C. (Step4 - 15th))
- 12th Walton Casuals (Step 4 - 16th)
- 13th Leatherhead F.C. (Step 4 - 17th)
- 14th Corinthian-Casuals F.C. (step 4 - 20th)
- 15th Molesey F.C. (Step 4 -22nd)
- 16th Merstham F.C. (Step 5 - 1st)
- 17th Guildford City F.C. (Step 5 - 2nd)
- 18th Camberley Town (Step 5 - 3rd)
- 19th Horley Town F.C. (Step 5 -5th)
- 20th Chertsey Town F.C. (Step 5 - 7th)
- 21st Epsom & Ewell F.C. (Step 5 -10th)
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Brown Caps (formerly the Surrey Lions).
The club is based at The Oval cricket ground, within the Kennington region of Lambeth in south London. Before the formation of the London metropolitan county, the ground was in the county of Surrey. Some home games each season are played at Whitgift School, Croydon and at Woodbridge Road, Guildford.
The club colours are chocolate brown and silver. The club badge is the Prince of Wales' three feathers. Lord Rosebery obtained the permission to use this symbol from the Prince of Wales, owner of the land on which The Oval stands, in 1915.
Champion County [1] (10) – 1850, 1851, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1864, 1887, 1888; shared (1) – 1889 County Championship (18) – 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1899, 1914, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1999, 2000, 2002; shared (1) – 1950 Division Two (1) – 2006 FP Trophy [2] (1) – 1982 National League [3] (2) – 1996, 2003 Division Two (1) – 2000 Twenty20 Cup (1) – 2003 Benson and Hedges Cup (3) – 1974, 1997, 2001
[edit] Second XI honours Second XI Championship (5) – 1966, 1968, 1975, 1988, 1992; shared (0) – Second XI Trophy (1) – 2001 Minor Counties Championship (4) – 1939, 1950, 1954, 1955; shared (0) –
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Surrey in film and books
Surrey has been mentioned in literature: in the Harry Potter series, Harry's only living relatives, the Dursleys, live in Little Whinging, a fictional town located in Surrey. The 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 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.
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 Surrey: Kate Winslet's character Iris lived there and Cameron Diaz's character Amanda switched houses with her as part of a home exchange. In the 1976 film The Omen, the scenes at the cathedral were filmed at Guildford Cathedral.[18] The 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, starring Russell Crowe; it was filmed at Tilford near Farnham in Surrey.[19]
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County Emergency Services
Surrey is served by these emergency services.
- Surrey Police, with 12 stations.
- South East Coast Ambulance Service as of 1 July 2006. The Surrey Ambulance Service, Sussex Ambulance Service, and Kent Ambulance Service services have all merged, and have now ceased to exist. Surrey has 21 stations.
- Surrey Fire & Rescue Service, with 24 fire stations.
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References
- ^ Medieval Guildford—"Henry III confirmed Guildford's status as the county town of Surrey in 1257". Guildford Borough Council. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ "Surrey councils see Tory success", BBC News, 4 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Relationships / unit history of Surrey. Vision of Britain. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Surrey County Council press release January 17, 2006
- ^ Usual resident population (XLS). KS01. Office for National Statistics (2001). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Surrey's woodlands. Surrey County Council. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Census of England and Wales 1891, General Report, Table III: Administrative counties and county boroughs
- ^ Surrey, Vision of Britain, accessed October 17, 2007
- ^ The Times, March 27, 1890
- ^ David Robinson, History of County Hall, Surrey County Council
- ^ "Farm infected with foot-and-mouth", BBC News, 4 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Regional Gross Value Added (PDF). Office for National Statistics (21 December 2005). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
- ^ includes hunting and forestry
- ^ includes energy and construction
- ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
- ^ 2001 Census: Town/villages in Surrey with population more than 1000 (PDF). Surrey County Council. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ "Church fears return of Omen curse", The Observer, 4 June 2004. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ Gory glory in the Colosseum. KODAK: In Camera (July 2000). Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
- Vladimir Moss. Martyr-Prince Alfred Of England. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- The Day the Cornish Invaded Guildford. The Surrey Advertiser (2 June 1989). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
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