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Runnymede (borough)

Borough of Runnymede
Non-metropolitan district
Motto: In Freedom We Serve
Runnymede shown within Surrey
Runnymede shown within Surrey
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region South East England
Non-metropolitan county Surrey
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Addlestone
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Runnymede Borough Council
 • Leadership Alternative - Sec.31 (Conservative)
 • MPs Philip Hammond
Area
 • Total 30.1 sq mi (78.0 km2)
Area rank 245th (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 85,600
 • Rank 280th (of 326)
 • Density 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2)
 • Ethnicity 92.5% White
2.9% S.Asian
1.1% Black
1.5% Mixed
1.9% Chinese or Other
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 43UG (ONS)
E07000212 (GSS)
OS grid reference TQ0149367283
Website www.runnymede.gov.uk

Coordinates: 51°23′42″N 0°32′28″W / 51.395°N 0.541°W / 51.395; -0.541

The Borough of Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey. It is a very prosperous part of the London commuter belt, with some of the most expensive housing in the United Kingdom outside of central London, such as the Wentworth Estate.

Runnymede is entirely unparished and is largely built-up, although with expanses of countryside. Places in the district include Addlestone, Egham, Egham Hythe, Chertsey, Thorpe, Virginia Water and Englefield Green.

The district is named after Runnymede, a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames near Egham. Runnymede is celebrated in connection with the signature of Magna Carta by King John in 1215, and is the site of several significant monuments.

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the Chertsey and Egham urban districts. Chertsey UD had been created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 consisting of all of the ancient parish of Chertsey, whilst Egham UD had been created by the same Act, and then had the parish of Thorpe added to it in 1933 after a County Review Order dissolved the Chertsey Rural District.


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