Kingswood, Surrey

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For other places with the same name, see Kingswood.

Kingswood
Kingswood shown within Surrey
Population	<6,000
OS grid reference	TQ248559
District	Reigate and Banstead
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tadworth
Postcode district	KT20
Dialling code	01737
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Reigate
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°17′35″N 0°12′31″W / 51.2931, -0.2086

Kingswood is a village in Surrey just to the east of the A217 near Tadworth. Other nearby villages are Lower Kingswood, Chipstead, Burgh Heath and Walton-on-the-Hill. The village forms a ward with Burgh Heath in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead. The census area Kingswood with Burgh Heath has a population of 6,219.^[1]

There are several independent shops, a large mock-Tudor pub - the "Kingswood Arms", and the railway station along the northern side of the main street (Waterhouse Lane). The southern side is not built up and looks out onto open fields.

1 Notable buildings
2 Transport
3 Famous Residents
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Notable buildings

The financial services company Legal & General have one of their largest offices (not their registered office) at a site on the eastern outskirts of Kingswood. It is widely speculated that there is a nuclear bunker under the site; naturally this has never been confirmed.

Legal & General's corporate training centre, known as St Monica's, was once a girls boarding school of the same name. A notable former student was the author Vera Brittain. It was used as the fictional St Trinian's in the comedy films of that name. ^[2]

The BBC houses its Research and Development Department at Kingswood Warren, a 19th century estate hidden away in the suburban sprawl of Kingswood village. The BBC has owned and occupied the site since 1948.

There is a community website for the village called About My Area KT20.

[edit] Transport

Kingswood railway station is located on the Tattenham Corner Line, close to the centre of the village.
There are no direct bus services passing through the village. The nearest bus stop is on the A217, on the side of the Tadworth roundabout, for services to Reigate and Redhill; or for services to Epsom and Sutton the stop is across the A217 opposite Tadworth Children's Hospital.