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Wisley
Wisley shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 204 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | TQ062592 |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woking |
| Postcode district | GU23 |
| Dialling code | 01932 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Mole Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Wisley is a small village in Surrey, England. It lies between Cobham and Woking. 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 10 shillings, 3 ploughs, 1 fishery worth 5d, 6 acres (24,000 m2) of meadow, woodland worth 6 hogs. It rendered £3.[2]
Wisley Church was built in 1150.[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 Colin Montgomery and Jamie Redknapp.
The former Wisley Airfield, is located in the parish of Ockham, situated next to the junction of the M25/A3[5] and had a 6,691 foot (1.27 mile) runway. Built towards the end of World War 2 as a flight test airfield for the Vickers aircraft factory at nearby Brooklands, it opened in 1944 and after extended use for the development of military aircraft during the Cold War, it finally closed in 1972. Although the runway, taxiways and large areas of hardstanding survive, most of the buildings - including the unique control tower converted from an old timber-framed cottage - were demolished around 1980. The Ockham Beacon at the East end of the airfield still serves as a navigation aid for aircraft flying over the area today.
On 5 September 2004, Wisley recorded a temperature of 29.2°C, beating 28.6°C, which was recorded in Cardiff.
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)
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