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===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.
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