Wisley

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Wisley
Wisley (Surrey)
Wisley

Wisley shown within Surrey
Population 204[1]
OS grid reference TQ062592
District Guildford
Shire county Surrey
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Woking
Postcode district GU23
Dialling code 01932
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Mole Valley
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°19′22″N 0°28′38″W / 51.3227, -0.4772

Wisley, England is a small village in Surrey, between Cobham and Ripley. It is the home of the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden. The River Wey runs through the village.

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.

Wisley appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wiselei. It was held by Osuuold (Oswold). Its domesday assets were: 1½ hides; 1 church, 1 mill worth 10s, 3 ploughs, 1 fishery worth 5d, 6 acres of meadow, woodland worth 6 hogs. It rendered £3.[2]

The new Wisley Glasshouse
The new Wisley Glasshouse

Wisley Church was built in 1150AD.[3] There is a medieval church track running from Byfleet through Wisley to St Nicholas' Church, Pyrford.[4]

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Wisley Golf Club is located in the village, and has celebrity members including Tim Henman.

Wisley Airfield, actually located in the parish of Ockham, is situated next to the junction of the M25/A3[5] 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] High temperatures

[edit] 2004

At a rather different temperature, a line of Routemasters at a LBPT bus event on the runway at a snowy Wisley Airfield.
At a rather different temperature, a line of Routemasters at a LBPT bus event on the runway at a snowy Wisley Airfield.

On 5 September 2004, Wisley recorded a temperature of 29.2°C, beating 28.6°C, which was recorded in Cardiff.

[edit] 2006 heatwave

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.[6] The all-time United Kingdom record is 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) set near Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003. That day also saw Wisley's highest temperature of 37.8 °C (100.0 °F)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census data
  2. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
  3. ^ Wisley Church
  4. ^ Church tracks
  5. ^ Google Maps – Location of Wisley Airfield
  6. ^ BBC News – Heatwave breaks record for July

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