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Discover CAMBERLEY A settlement grew up around the gates of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in the 19th century. Later, the Staff College was established to the east of the Academy, and a property speculator built the nearby Cambridge Hotel. The surrounding area became known as Cambridge Town, but was renamed Camberley ...

Discover CHARLWOOD Charlwood is the home of the Lowfield Heath Windmill which was moved from the village of Lowfield Heath when it was threatened with demolition in the 1970s to make room for the expansion of Gatwick Airport. The village is centred around the 'rec' which contains an excellent children's playground ...

Discover DORKING Dorking began life as a small staging post on Stane Street, the Roman Road which linked London to Chichester on the English Channel. Dorking appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as the Manor of Dorchinges. It was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: 1 church, 3 mills, 16 ploughs, 3 acres of meadow ...

Discover EAST HORSLEY East Horsley has a large gothic mansion which was designed by Sir Charles Barry (designer of the Houses of Parliament). It was the home of Ada, Lady Lovelace (the poet Lord Byron's daughter) and later Sir Thomas Sopwith, the aviation pioneer. It was used in the television drama The Stone Tape as Taskerlands ...

Discover FARNHAM Farnham is of historic interest, with many old buildings, including a number of Georgian houses. Farnham Castle overlooks the town. The former Bishops' Palace of the castle is now a conference centre, but the medieval keep is in the care of English Heritage and has limited opening to the public ...

Discover GATWICK The name Gatwick dates back to 1241, and was the name of a manor on the site of today's airport until the 19th century. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words for goat and dairy farm. In 1891 a racecourse was created at Gatwick beside the London-Brighton railway. During WWI the course hosted the Grand National ...

Discover GUILDFORD Guildford has Saxon roots, and likely owes its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey is forded by the Harrow Way. The town grew enough in importance by 978 to be the Royal Mint. With the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal, Guildford grew in prosperity ...

Discover HASLEMERE Haslemere became an important market town in the Middle Ages, having been granted a charter by Richard II in 1394. This right was confirmed by a new charter issued by Elizabeth I in 1596. Today, this special status is celebrated with the Charter Fair, held once every two years in the High Street ...

Discover SHEPPERTON The name of Shepperton is derived from 'Shepherd's Town' and the name of one of the older streets, Sheep Walk, still reflects that origin. The Church Square area, next to the river is the original village. When a railway station was constructed a mile to the North, linking Shepperton to London, the village expanded in that direction...

Discover STAINES Claudius led the Romans into Britain in 43 AD and they settled in Staines the same year. Soon after this invasion the first Staines Bridge was constructed to provide an important Thames crossing point on main road from Londinium (London) to Calleva Atrebatum, near the present-day village of Silchester...

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