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West End, Woking

West End
West end common1.jpg
A sandy part of West End Common
notable for endemic heather (ericaceae)
West End village hall - geograph.org.uk - 73476.jpg
Village hall
West End is located in Surrey
West End
West End
West End shown within Surrey
Area 14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population 4,693 (Civil Parish 2011)
• Density 323/km2 (840/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU9361
Civil parish
  • West End
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WOKING
Postcode district GU24
Dialling code 01483 or 01276
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
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England
Surrey
51°20′38″N 0°39′54″W / 51.344°N 0.665°W / 51.344; -0.665Coordinates: 51°20′38″N 0°39′54″W / 51.344°N 0.665°W / 51.344; -0.665

West End is a village and civil parish in Surrey Heath, Surrey, England between the towns of Camberley and Woking, 4 miles (6.4 km) west and east respectively. The village until the mid 20th century consisted of little-farmed smallholdings amid substantial common landWest End Common to the west is comparable in size to Chobham Common to the north, and both dwarf the built-up heart of the village. West End Common includes training ranges of the British Army and is separated by a smaller public area, Brentmoor Heath, which shares in naturally wet, acid heathland, a rare soil type. In geology, the Bagshot Formation is apparent in parts of the village.

West End lies between Bagshot and Brookwood railway stations, 3 miles (4.8 km) away. The River Bourne runs through the village from its sources to the immediate west. West End and Bisley have little commerce and industry compared to adjoining settlements, with parks, grassland areas and separated by Green Belt buffers. A golf course, plant nurseries and farms adjoin the clustered village centre.

Nearby lands were settled in prehistoric times, evidenced within this civil parish, with a megalithic barrow on Westend Common.

West End may have obtained its name because it was the west of Chobham, 2 miles (3.2 km) ENE. The 1845 map reproduced by EJ Willson provides boundaries at that date. Its direct predecessor named Westend was in 1870–72 described by John Marius Wilson as "a tything in Worplesdon parish, Surrey; 3¼ miles NW of Guildford. Pop., 341." A dependency on Worplesdon church, as its tything, is attested in the medieval period until the late 19th century, after which the area formed part of the parish of Chobham.


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