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Mayford is a village in Woking borough of the county of Surrey, England. It is 3 miles south of Woking on Egley Road, part of the A320 between Woking and Guildford, Surrey. The village is mainly centred on the roundabout in the middle of the village. Mayford lays claim to having been mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, as "Maiford". The ...
Mayford Meadows is a 4.9-hectare (12-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Woking in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Woking Borough Council. [1] [2] Management of meadows aims to encourage wet grassland with a rich variety of flora.
Woking: Woking: Map: Details: This site is damp alder woodland in two areas on the north bank of the Hoe Stream. There are several species of rare fungi and fauna include owls, bats, deer and frogs. [78] Whitmoor and Rickford Commons: 184.9 hectares (457 acres)
Fox Corner Wildlife Area is a 6.2-hectare (15-acre) Local Nature Reserve south-west of Woking in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Guildford Borough Council. [1] [2] The wildlife area was created in 1990 following compulsory purchase of the site. It has woods, a wildflower meadow and a pond. [3]
The smaller towns of Knaphill (10,062), Byfleet (6,995) and West Byfleet (5,054), and the villages of Brookwood and Mayford, surround Woking town. [8] Woking "was a market town in the 17th century, although a little-known one". [9] Its centre was what is now known as the Old Woking area, nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the present town centre.
Woking (/ ˈ w oʊ k ɪ ŋ / WOH-king) is a town and borough in northwest Surrey, England, around 23 mi (36 km) from central London.It appears in Domesday Book as Wochinges, and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner.
St Johns and Hook Heath is a suburban ward in Surrey consisting of two settlements founded in the 19th century in the medieval parish of Woking.The two 'villages' have residents' associations and are centred 2.5 km WSW and SW of Woking's town centre in the northwest of the English county – by including such suburbs, Woking is the largest town in the county.
Bird-in-Hand Hotel, a historic hotel built in 1852; Bird in Hand winery near Woodside in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia; Bird-in-Hand mine a historic gold mine after which the winery is named; Bird in Hand, a painting by Ellen Gallagher, in the collection of the Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom; Bird in Hand, a play by ...