Editing Surrey (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Woking tripod.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Statue of a [[Tripod (The War of the Worlds)|Martian tripod]] from ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' in Woking, hometown of science fiction author [[H.&nbsp;G. Wells]]|alt=modern street scene with tall silver metal three-legged structure]]
The county has also been used as a film location. In the 1976 film [[The Omen (1976 film)|''The Omen'']], the scenes at the cathedral were filmed at [[Guildford Cathedral]].<ref name="omen">{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1789988,00.html |title=Church fears return of Omen curse |access-date=31 August 2007 |date=4 June 2004 |work=The Observer |location=London |first=Rob |last=Sharp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821101558/https://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0%2C%2C1789988%2C00.html |archive-date=21 August 2007}}</ref>

The county is the setting of the fictional town of Little Whinging, where Harry Potter was raised in the Harry Potter book series by JK Rowling.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowling |first=JK |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |date=26 June 1997 |publisher=Scholastic |isbn=978-0-7475-3269-9 |location=United Kingdom |publication-date=26 June 1997 |pages=1-17 |language=English}}</ref>