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Surrey. / 51.25; -0.45. Surrey ( / ˈsʌri /) [4] is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking .
This is a list of towns, villages and most notable hamlets and neighbourhoods in Surrey, a ceremonial and administrative county of England.. For lists relating to parts of London formerly in Surrey, see the London Boroughs of Croydon, Kingston upon Thames (Royal Borough), Richmond upon Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...
Administrative counties were subnational divisions of England used for local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 ( 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), which established an elected county council for each area. Some geographically large historic counties were divided into several administrative counties, each with ...
The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. The counties are not precisely defined but Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey are usually included in definitions as they border London. [1] [2] Other counties slightly further from London – such as Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire ...
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Surrey, England. There are 87 civil parishes. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. The whole of the districts of Woking, Epsom and Ewell, Spelthorne and Runnymede are unparished. The whole of former districts of Walton and Weybridge Urban District ...
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others. They are alternatively known as ancient counties, [2] [3] traditional counties, [4] former counties [5] [6] or simply as counties. [7]
This is a list of settlements in Surrey by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 36 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Surrey , shown in the table below.