Wisley
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Wisley, England is a small village in Surrey, between Cobham and Ripley. It is the home of the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden, which is one of the largest and most celebrated gardens in England.
Wisley gives its name to the nearby road intersection of the A3 London to Portsmouth trunk road and the London Orbital M25 motorway, Junction 10.
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Wisley Golf Club is located in the village, and has celebrity members including Tim Henman.
Wisley Airfield is situated next to the junction of the M25/A3[1] and has a 6691 foot (1.27 miles) runway.
In woodland near the village and around the M25/A3 junction, there are numerous cross-country mountain bike trails, as well as several highly regarded "secret" dirt jumping trails.
[edit] Record breaking temperature
On 19 July 2006 the hottest temperature ever recorded in the month of July in the United Kingdom was recorded at Wisley, 36.5 °C (97.7 °F). This broke the record of 36.0 °C recorded in Epsom, Surrey on 22 July 1911.[2] The all-time United Kingdom record is 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) set near Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003.
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