Editing Guildford (section)

==Geography==
{{see also|Surrey#Climate}}

===Eastern districts===
'''Charlotteville''' is one of the first planned suburbs in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chamberlin|first=Russel|title=Guildford's First Suburb is Born|url=http://www.charlotteville.co.uk/Guildfords_First_Suburb.pdf|website=Charlotte Jubilee Trust|access-date=29 September 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122214651/http://www.charlotteville.co.uk/Guildfords_First_Suburb.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The estate was funded by a local doctor, Thomas Sells, and named after his wife, Charlotte.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlotteville|url=http://www.charlotteville.co.uk/millenium_charlotteville.html|access-date=29 September 2020|website=www.charlotteville.co.uk|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071657/http://charlotteville.co.uk/millenium_charlotteville.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was developed by the Guildford architect Henry Peak in 1862 and is loosely bound between Shalford Road and Sydenham Road, encompassing the beauty spot of Pewley Down. The area's roads were named after English doctors, including [[Thomas Addison|Addison]] Road, [[William Cheselden|Cheselden]] Road, [[William Harvey|Harvey]] Road and [[Edward Jenner|Jenner]] Road.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 February 2012|title=What's In A Road Name?|url=https://www.guildford-dragon.com/2012/02/28/whats-in-a-road-name/|access-date=29 September 2020|website=The Guildford Dragon|archive-date=18 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118094946/https://www.guildford-dragon.com/2012/02/28/whats-in-a-road-name/|url-status=live}}</ref> Public footpaths lead from the town through Charlotteville to the downs and towards [[St Martha's Hill]] and [[Albury, Surrey|Albury]]. It houses a great many cottages and a few large, mostly privately owned properties. The official designation of the heart of Charlotteville as a [[Protected area|conservation area]] means that Peak's work may survive{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}. The development introduced institutions such as the Cork Club, the [[Charlotteville Cycling Club]], founded in 1903 with the then mayor as its first president,<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlotteville Cycling Club|url=http://www.charlottevillecc.org.uk/|access-date=29 September 2020|website=Charlotteville Cycling Club|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929094302/https://www.charlottevillecc.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Charlotteville Jubilee Trust charity, formed at the time of the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]]. Two schools were established in the village - one infant and one junior school. merging to form the Holy Trinity Pewley Down School in the late 2000s. The last of the shops closed in 2006.

'''[[Stoke next Guildford]]''', the central northern area of the town, contains [[Stoke Park, Guildford|Stoke Park]] and the historic manor of Stoke at its centre, now the site of [[Guildford College]]. To the north of the park is the [[Guildford Spectrum]] leisure and sports centre. To the south of this mostly residential neighbourhood is [[London Road (Guildford) railway station|London Road]] railway station, On Stoke Road there is a [[listed building|listed]] hotel, ''The Stoke''.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1029231|desc=The Stoke Hotel|access-date=29 October 2012|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

'''[[Burpham, Surrey|Burpham]]''' and '''[[Merrow, Surrey|Merrow]]''' are former villages that are now major suburbs of Guildford.

===Northern districts===
[[File:Bellfields.jpg|thumb|Bellfields from the River Wey.]]
'''Bellfields''' is a suburb in the north of Guildford lying adjacent to Slyfield Industrial Estate and Stoughton. The area includes private estates as well as current and former social housing estates. [[Christ's College, Guildford]]'s senior school and [[Pond Meadow School|Pond Meadow]] special needs school are in Bellfields. The neighbourhood includes St Peter's Shared Church<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stoke-hill-st-peter|website=A church near you|title=Stoke Hill St Peter's|date=29 April 2020|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=5 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005024400/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stoke-hill-st-peter/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Guildford Family Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/children/support-and-advice/families/support-and-advice/family-centres/locations/guildford#bellfields |title= Family centres in Guildford |publisher= Surrey County Council |date= 4 May 2022 |access-date=23 August 2022 }}</ref>

'''Slyfield''' is a small mixed land-use area north of Guildford that is largely indeterminate from Bellfields, however to its east is Guildford's largest industrial and commercial park, Slyfield Industrial Estate. There was a cattle market held in the south of the industrial area until 2000 which moved to [[Maidstone, Kent]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.getreading.co.uk/business/s/82869_market_makes_a_successful_move_to_kent |title= The Reading Chronicle story on cattle market |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130526025150/http://www.getreading.co.uk/business/s/82869_market_makes_a_successful_move_to_kent |archive-date=26 May 2013 }}</ref> Slyfield has a community hall and a school, Weyfield Primary. To the north of Slyfield is Stoke Hill, on top of which is a park, Stringer's Common, across which is the [[Jacobs Well, Surrey|Jacobs Well]] neighbourhood which is part of Worplesdon civil parish.

[[File:Wooden Bridge pub.jpg|thumb|''Wooden Bridge'' pub, Stoughton]]
'''Stoughton''' is a mainly [[residential]] [[suburb]] north of Guildford town centre. It is the location of the former [[Stoughton Barracks]], which was redeveloped for housing in the 1990s and renamed Cardwell's Keep. In Stoughton is ''The Wooden Bridge'' pub where both the [[Rolling Stones]] and [[Eric Clapton]] performed [[concerts]] at the early stages of their respective careers.<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|2016|p=52}}</ref> Another pub of historic note was ''The Royal Hotel'' in Worplesdon Road, which hosted an early [[U2]] concert and was owned by the former wrestler [[Mick McManus (wrestler)|Mick McManus]]. This is now a Chinese restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Door closes on pub with colourful past |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/door-closes-pub-colourful-past-4824337 |website=SurreyLive |date=27 May 2009 |access-date=29 June 2020 |archive-date=30 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630121310/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/door-closes-pub-colourful-past-4824337 |url-status=live }}</ref> Stoughton has one junior school, [[Northmead Junior School]] and one infant school, Stoughton Infant School.

'''[[Jacobs Well, Surrey|Jacob's Well]]''' is another former village that is now a major suburb of Guildford.

===Western districts===
[[File:View from Guildown (geograph 3558805).jpg|thumb|Dennisville below the Cathedral]]
'''Guildford Park''' and '''Dennisville''' are small residential neighbourhoods immediately south of and at the foot of Stag Hill. Dennisville was founded in 1934 to provide accommodation for workers at [[Dennis Brothers]] Woodbridge Hill factory.<ref>{{harvnb|Alexander|2001|p=44}}</ref> Both neighbourhoods are close to [[Guildford railway station]] to the southeast and become, without division, Onslow Village to the south. As the [[University of Surrey|University]] occupies the top and north of Stag Hill, it is a popular location for student lodgings.

[[File:Onslow village, Guildford.jpg|thumb|Onslow village viewed from the cathedral]]
'''Onslow Village''' is a sloped suburb on the western outskirts of Guildford. It, with one outlying road continuation, forms a wedge between the [[A3 road]] and [[A31 road]]s south of the junction of the A3 and Egerton Road, Guildford's ''Cathedral Turn'' and directly below [[Henley Fort]], the 1880s built [[London Defence Positions|London Defence Position]] and a [[Scheduled Monument]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1019286|desc=Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre|access-date=29 October 2012|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>  The area consists of a number of residential streets many of which are characterised by beech hedges. Parts of Onslow Village have been designated as conservation areas,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1FBE1973-F208-4EB4-BC8D-C38E2A4246EE/0/OnslowVillageApprovedText.pdf |title= Onslow Village Conservation area appraisal |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233854/http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1FBE1973-F208-4EB4-BC8D-C38E2A4246EE/0/OnslowVillageApprovedText.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> enforcing a number of planning restrictions that are intended to protect the character and identity of the locality. Local amenities include the 5th Guildford Scout Group,<ref>{{cite web |title=5th Guldford Scout Group |url=http://5thguildford.ukscouts.org.uk |website=5th Guldford Scout Group |access-date=6 August 2018 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001619/http://5thguildford.ukscouts.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a community news website,<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the unofficial Onslow Village community website |url=http://www.onslowvillage.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415114027/http://www.onslowvillage.net/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2012 |website=Welcome to the unofficial Onslow Village community website |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> a Tennis Club<ref>{{cite web |title=Onslow Village Lawn Tennis Club |url=https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/onslowvillagelawntennisclub |website=Club Spark |access-date=6 August 2018 |archive-date=6 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210811/https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/onslowvillagelawntennisclub |url-status=live }}</ref> and Onslow Arboretum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Onslow Arboretum |url=http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/ParksCountryside/Countryside/CountrysideSites/OnslowArboretum.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329075258/http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/ParksCountryside/Countryside/CountrysideSites/OnslowArboretum.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2010 |website=Guildford Borough |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> It also has its own football team, Onslow FC, established in 1986.

There is a small [[village]] centre, with a parade of shops and a village hall. Onslow has one infant school, Onslow Infant School, as well as Queen Eleanor's School, a primary school. The local [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church is All Saints.

The Village also has a [[Residents' association]], the Onslow Village Residents' Association (OVRA) which was set up in 1956 and whose object is to "safeguard the amenities of Onslow village and to promote the welfare, interests and well-being of the residents".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surreycommunity.info/ovra|title=Onslow Village Residents' Association (OVRA) – Home|website=www.surreycommunity.info|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723134806/http://www.surreycommunity.info/ovra/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The Onslow Village Society was formed with the aim to tackle the acute shortage of decent working-class housing following the [[First World War]]. Onslow Village Ltd acquired {{convert|646|acre|ha|abbr=off}} or just over a square mile of land from the Earl of Onslow in 1920 for approximately one-quarter of its market value at the time. The aim was to create a garden city to be modelled on the ideas of [[Ebenezer Howard]]'s [[Garden City Movement]]. It was their intention to build a self-contained community with smallholdings, public buildings, open spaces, recreation grounds, woodland and a railway station, as well as developing sites for churches, hotels and factories. On Saturday 1 May 1920, ten weeks after the formation of the Society, the foundations of the first two houses were laid and by March 1922 ninety-one houses had been built. Due to a lack of funding the scheme never reached full completion, with about 600 houses actually being built. Original drawings however showed that there were further plans to develop the farmland at Manor Farm, north of the A3. By the mid-1970s, one-third of the properties were still owned by Onslow Village Ltd. Then, in 1984, the company was wound up and many shareholders and tenants had the chance to buy their homes at affordable prices.<ref name=ov>{{cite web |url= http://www.onslowvillage.net |title= history section of Onslow Village website |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120415114027/http://www.onslowvillage.net/ |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref>

Onslow Village never got its railway station, however, it did eventually get its woodland: the Onslow arboretum, developed by Guildford Borough Council as a specialist collection of eighty tree species from around the world. The Onslow arboretum is located right next to the recreation area which has its own park, a large field, several tennis courts, toilets and a scout hut.<ref name=ov/>

[[File:Park Barn.jpg|thumb|Park Barn Estate, Guildford]]
'''Park Barn''' consists of a former and present [[social housing]] estate in Guildford. It is bordered to the south by the [[North Downs Line|railway line]], the east by Westborough, the north by Rydes Hill and the west by Broadstreet Common.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=497500&Y=150500&A=Y&Z=3 | title=Streetmap.co.uk Map of the area | access-date=17 March 2007 | archive-date=30 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201752/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M%3FX=497500&Y=150500&A=Y&Z=3 | url-status=live }}</ref> The estate is home to [[King's College, Guildford|King's College]], a school for 11 – 16-year-olds. There are also a number of primary schools in the area of Park Barn, including [[Guildford Grove School|Guildford Grove Primary School]], which has a specialist sign-supported rescue base on the site that supports pupils with profound [[hearing impairment]]s, known as The Lighthouse.<ref name="ofsted3">{{cite web |publisher= Learning Partners Academy Trust |url=https://www.guildfordgrove.surrey.sch.uk/the-lighthouse/ |title= The Lighthouse |access-date= 23 August 2022 }}</ref> The Football team, Park Barn FC, plays in League 4 of the Guildford and Woking Alliance League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/parkbarnunitedfc/|title=Homepage – Park Barn United FC|website=www.clubwebsite.co.uk|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=25 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225093445/http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/parkbarnunitedfc/|url-status=live}}</ref> Guildford City Boxing Club moved from Bellfields to Cabell Road in Park Barn in 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.guildfordcityboxingclub.com/guildford-city-boxing-clubs-new-home/| title=Guildford City Boxing Club's new home| date=20 August 2014| access-date=26 January 2016| archive-date=2 February 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202091105/http://www.guildfordcityboxingclub.com/guildford-city-boxing-clubs-new-home/| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Westborough.jpg|thumb|View over Westborough]]
Adjacent to the Park Barn Estate, the '''Westborough Estate''' was built in the 1920s due to the growing population at the start of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A History of Guildford|url=http://www.localhistories.org/guildford.html|access-date=2021-05-05|newspaper=Local Histories|date=14 March 2021|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801082627/http://www.localhistories.org/guildford.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Westborough is home to a [[United Reformed Church|United Reformed church]] and to a community primary school on Southway. There is a small parade of shops where Southway meets Aldershot Road. Westborough is also a ward of the [[Borough of Guildford]]. Its population at the 2011 Census was 9,307.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13694739&c=Westborough&d=14&e=62&g=6468689&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476027507137&enc=1|title=Guildford Borough Ward population 2011|access-date=9 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021055909/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13694739&c=Westborough&d=14&e=62&g=6468689&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476027507137&enc=1|url-status=live}}</ref>