Editing Surbiton (section)

==Sport==
Surbiton Lawn Tennis Club hosted international tennis from 1900 (Surrey Grass Court Championships - SGCC) until 1981 at the tennis Club in [[Berrylands]]. From 1998 to 2008 international tennis returned to Surbiton with an event hosted by the [[Lawn Tennis Association]] (LTA) and Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club (SRFC). [[The Surbiton Trophy]] was part of the [[ATP Challenger Series]] and in 2009 the event was moved to [[Nottingham]] as part of a reorganisation by the LTA. The event came back to SRFC in 2015 and continues to be played at Berrylands.

[[Surbiton F.C.]] was a short-lived football club that was among the founders of [[The Football Association]] in 1863. Surbiton is the current home of both male and female football teams, Darkside FC, Surbiton Wanderers and Surbiton Town Ladies FC.

[[Surbiton Hockey Club]], established in 1874, is regarded as one of the best hockey clubs in the country. Its men's and ladies' 1st XIs currently both play in their respective national premier leagues, while its youth section regularly produces players of international quality.

Surbiton is also the home to Surbiton Croquet Club, which is amongst the strongest croquet clubs in the country and, with seven lawns, one of the largest.

The [[Cooper Car Company]] was based in a garage on Hollyfield Road from 1946 to 1968, celebrating wins in the Formula One Constructors Championships in 1959 and 1960 and developing the iconic [[Mini Cooper]] in 1961.