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Old Woking is a ward and the original settlement of the town and borough of Woking, Surrey, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of the modern town centre.It is bounded by the Hoe Stream to the north and the River Wey to the south and between Kingfield to the west and farmland to the east.
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Goldsworth Park is a large housing estate to the north-west of Woking in Surrey, England. It was named after the nearby Goldsworth area which was a large 'tithing' of Woking Parish. The tithing included most of the north west of Woking, such as Brookwood, Knaphill and St. John's.
By 1970, New Ideal Homes and Woking Council agreed to a partnership to build 'Slococks'. In 1973 the plan to build a housing estate was approved by the Government. The project was called Goldsworth Park. Work started in Goldsworth Vale (phase one was Wilders Close etc.), with plans to build approx. 4,500 homes for approx. 15,000 residents.
In January 2003, it was offered for sale at £25m. [42] The estate at that time comprised 21 properties, including the 18-bedroom Lady Grove Farmhouse. [43] The estate, now held by a discretionary irrevocable family trust created by Alisher Usmanov, [4] a Russian oligarch [44] was reportedly bought for less than the £25m originally asked in ...
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Westfield was one of three ‘open fields’ of the ancient town of Woking (see Old Woking) and was first recorded in 1548. [2] The ‘west’ field was in fact divided into two areas with the ‘lower west field’ occupying the area of present-day Westfield Avenue and the Football Ground and the ‘upper west field’ covering the area to the south and east of the Westfield Road.
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.