West Byfleet

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West Byfleet
West Byfleet shown within Surrey
Population	5,054^[1]
OS grid reference	TQ043609
District	Woking
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	West Byfleet
Postcode district	KT14
Dialling code	01932
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Woking
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°20′17″N 0°30′12″W / 51.338, -0.5033

West Byfleet is a town in Surrey. Forming part of the Greater London Urban Area it lies in the stockbroker belt just outside the M25 motorway, 19 miles from Charing Cross, 8 miles from London Heathrow and has a railway station, between Woking and Byfleet. It is bounded to the north by the Basingstoke Canal and to the east by the M25 and the Wey Navigation Canal.

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The town has many restaurants ranging from Thai to Italian, Indian to Chinese. This is because it is a focal centre for many fairly wealthy neighbouring villages such as Pyrford, New Haw, Woodham, Byfleet and Ripley; as well as being on the outskirts of Woking which has few restaurants.

Crime data for people living in the area were in line with people living in other parts of the Borough of Woking of which West Byfleet forms a part.^[2]

The two platforms of West Byfleet railway station

Most secondary school students attend Fulbrook School, St John the Baptist School or Bishop David Brown School. The local independent school is St George's College. For younger students there is the West Byfleet Junior School or the Marist School. There is the anglican St John's Church ^[3] which was part of the Byfleet parish until 1917.^[4] There is also the catholic Our Lady Help of Christians Church located on Madeira Road. Additionally there is St Mary's Church on Church Road and a methodist church on Rectory Lane.^[5]