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Westfield
Westfield shown within Surrey |
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| OS grid reference | TQ004567 |
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| District | Woking |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woking |
| Postcode district | GU22 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Woking |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Westfield is an area located in the southern part of town of Woking. Westfield marks the southern boundary of Woking altering from a traditional suburban character in the north to a semi-rural appearance in the south. The Southern boundary is Green Belt.
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There is some archaeological evidence of Late Bronze age activity in Westfield. Late bronze age artefacts have been recovered from this area and are now stored in the British Museum [1].
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. The Old Cricketers Inn and Cricketers Cottage on Westfield Common have a 16th Century provenance [3] Built in the 16th century, Walnut Tree Cottage was the site of a Liquorice factory.[4]
As well as the ‘common fields’ Westfield had a large area of ‘common land’ that, despite being bought by the London Necropolis Company in the mid-19th century, remains open even today. The registered common land is called 'Westfield Common'.
All of the 'modern development' of Westfield (as well as Kingfield and Old Woking) has been on the former fields of the area, with the bounds of many of these fields still traceable in the estate boundaries [5]. For example:
Belonging to the Diocese of Guildford and the parish of Old Woking, Saint Marks church was built in 1922 and holds regular services.[6][7]
Belonging to the Southview Surgery in Woking, Westfield Surgery offers medical services to the locals of the South Woking area.[8]
The Moorcroft centre is a converted school and daycare centre.[9]
Is a CIU affiliated local venue and has regular Latin/Salsa dance classes.[10][11]
Serves Indian cuisine.[12]
Westfield together with Barnsbury & Kingfield form an electoral ward of Woking called Kingsfield & Westfield. The polling districts are Westfield (KB), Kingfield (KC) & Barnsbury (KA) [13].
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