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Guildford
Total population
66,773
Coordinates51.24°, -0.57°
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Overview
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 151,359 inhabitants in 2024. Its name is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames, that flows through the town centre.
History & geography
Geography
Latitude
51.2356
Longitude
-0.5732
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074568981
- Local type
- Town
- Region
- South East
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names