Despite its location next to London, Surrey contains a great deal of mature woodland. It is the most wooded county in Great Britain, with 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 and rolling downland, the county's geology being dominated by the chalk hills of the North Downs. There are many commons with an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways including the North Downs Way.
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 at ft m above sea level, is the highest point in southeastern England. Little remains of the Roman or the Saxon periods in Surrey exist. The title of Earl of Surrey was given as reward for loyalty during the rebellion that followed the death of William I of England, with the signing of the great charter at Runnymede in The busiest single runway airport in the world Gatwick was historically in Surrey, but is now part of West Sussex.
With more organisation and company headquarters than any other county in the UK. Did you know the first known record of cricket was in Guildford, Surrey? Even the people of West Germany recognised this, with West Berlin being an odd semi-occupied zone rather than the capital of their country.
This was instead in Bonn, a lovely but boring country town that you should absolutely visit, and which filled the kind of role as capital that John Major did as Prime Minister. But it used to be grand. Almost all of what is now South London was in the mediaeval county of Surrey.
This very much included Walworth. Surrey lost some of its most shady and interesting inner London parts not, necessarily, to the shame of the people involved in the rest of it and quite sensibly built a new County Hall in a town that was part of Surrey. Poll Privacy Policy Kingston-upon-Thames, when County Hall was constructed in , was a river resort and retreat, and the kind of town that the wealthiest of railway commuters might be willing to head to London from, whilst living a relatively disease-free rustic life.
But then more development happened. The county of Greater London was created in , reflecting the suburbanisation that the mainstreaming of railways and the Underground had brought to the city, turning former commuter-belt towns into outright suburbs and villages into new towns. In the interim, Kingston had been linked into London with further rail and road-building. If you were sensible, you might think that Surrey would run another attempt, and shift its County Hall to somewhere that was, well, in it.
The map below shows the counties of England with the county of Surrey highlighted: Map of Surrey and England We offer downloads of the county map: Map of England with county of Surrey highlighted — png format Map of England with county of Surrey highlighted — jpg format Users are welcome to use the maps for non-commercial purposes. The M3 Motorway links Surrey to Hampshire. Guildford is the busiest train station in Surrey. Interactive Map The county borders of Surrey are shown on the interactive map below.
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