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For the city in British Columbia, see Surrey, British Columbia.

Ceremonial county
Surrey UK locator map 2010.svg
Ceremonial Surrey within England
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Historic Surrey in the British Isles
Coordinates: 51°15′N 0°27′W / 51.25°N 0.45°W / 51.25; -0.45Coordinates: 51°15′N 0°27′W / 51.25°N 0.45°W / 51.25; -0.45
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionSouth East
Establishedbefore 1066
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentList of MPs
PoliceSurrey Police
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantMichael More-Molyneux
High SheriffJulie Llewelyn (2021–22)[1]
Area[convert: needs a number]
 • Ranked of 48
Population (2005 est.)1,075,600
 • Ranked13th of 48
Density644/km2 (1,670/sq mi)
Ethnicity
  • 76.6% White British
  • 8.9% Other White
  • 7.7% Asian
  • 1.7% Black
  • 3.4% Mixed
  • 1.7% Other
  • (2021)[2]
Non-metropolitan county
County councilSurrey County Council
ExecutiveConservative
Admin HQWoodhatch Place, Reigate
Area1,663 km2 (642 sq mi)
 • Ranked of 26
Population1,075,600
 • Ranked5th of 26
Density644/km2 (1,670/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-SRY
GSS codeE10000030
ITLUKJ23
Websitesurreycc.gov.uk
Districts
Surrey councils.svg
Districts of Surrey
Districts
  1. Spelthorne
  2. Runnymede
  3. Surrey Heath
  4. Woking
  5. Elmbridge
  6. Guildford
  7. Waverley
  8. Mole Valley
  9. Epsom and Ewell
  10. Reigate and Banstead
  11. Tandridge

Post-2027 unitary authorities:

Surrey is a county in southern England. The size of Surrey is about 1,663 km² and it has about 1,059,000 people (2002). It is near London. Surrey's largest town is Guildford. In Guildford there is also a university. The River Thames forms part of Surrey's north border.

Surrey is a setting of War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (Woking, Leatherhead in particular).

Surrey is near London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. It has access to major road routes (including the M25, M3 and M23). It has frequent rail services into Central London.


Surrey Media

  • View from Box Hill

  • Leith Hill Tower, Surrey

  • The skyline of Woking, the most populous settlement in Surrey, as seen from the western approach by railway

  • A map showing the traditional boundaries of Surrey (c. 800–1899) and its constituent hundreds

  • Runnymede, where Magna Carta was sealed

  • Guildford - Great Tower - geograph.org.uk - 3912930

  1. ↑ Home - High Sheriff of Surrey. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Ethnic Group from the 2021 CensusSurrey County Council. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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