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Woking
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Woking ( ) is a town and borough in north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as Wochinges, and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Palaeolithic, but the low fertility of the sandy local soils meant that the area was the least populated part of the county in 1086. Between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries, new transport links were constructed, including the Wey Navigation, Basingstoke Canal and London to Southampton railway line. The modern town was established in the mid-1860s
Key facts
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- WokingBorough of Woking
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- GMT
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- 0
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- BST
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- +1
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and non-metropolitan borough
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- Sovereign state
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- Constituent country
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- Region
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- Non-metropolitan county
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- Status
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- Admin HQ
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- United Kingdom
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- England
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- Non-metropolitan district
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- Non-metropolitan district council
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- Leadership
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- MPs
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 62796
- Area
- 63.57
- Official website
- www.woking.gov.uk/woking
- Image
- Woking town centre from the west.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01483
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- Commons category
- Woking
- postal code
- GU22
- OS grid reference
- TQ003584
- P12749
- Georg Christian Füchsel
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Article
52 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- Borough of Woking
- Woking town centre
- Old Woking
- Hydrology and geology
- History
- Early history
- Governance
- Transport and communications
- Residential development
- Commerce and industry
- Woking in the Second World War
- National and local government
- Demography and housing
- Economy
- Public services
- Utilities
- Emergency services and justice
- Healthcare
- Transport
- Education
- Early schools
- Current schools and colleges
- Places of worship
- Anglican
- Other Christian denominations
- Other religions
- Culture
- Literature
- Media
- Music
- Public art
- Venues
- Sport
- Leisure centres and swimming pools
- Association football
- Cricket
- Hockey
- Rugby
- Notable buildings and landmarks
- War memorials
- Woking Palace
- Other buildings
- Parks and open spaces
- Horsell Common
- Other parks and open spaces
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Woking ( ) is a town and borough in north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as Wochinges, and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Palaeolithic, but the low fertility of the sandy local soils meant that the area was the least populated part of the county in 1086. Between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries, new transport links were constructed, including the Wey Navigation, Basingstoke Canal and London to Southampton railway line. The modern town was established in the mid-1860s, as the London Necropolis Company began to sell surplus land surrounding the railway station for development.
Modern local government in Woking began with the creation of the Woking Local Board in 1893, which became Woking Urban District Council (UDC) in 1894. The urban district was significantly enlarged in 1907 when it took in the parish of Horsell, and again in 1933 when it took in the parishes of Byfleet and Pyrford. The UDC was granted a coat of arms in 1930 and Woking gained borough status in the 1974 reorganisation of local government. In 2022, a total of 30 elected representatives serves on the council, each with a term length of four years.
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