Westfield, Woking, Surrey

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Westfield
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OS grid reference TQ004567
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Woking
Postcode district GU22
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51°18′03″N0°33′37″W / 51.300972°N 0.560286°W / 51.300972; -0.560286 Coordinates: 51°18′03″N0°33′37″W / 51.300972°N 0.560286°W / 51.300972; -0.560286

Westfield is an area in Woking borough, Surrey. Westfield marks the southern boundary of Woking altering from English archetypal suburban homes in the north to semi-rural homes, smallholdings, small woodlands and fields in the south, where it abuts areas of London's Metropolitan Green Belt.

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Westfield Common

History

Pre-history

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]

16th century

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]

19th century

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.

Modern housing development

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:

Facilities

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St. Mark's Church, Westfield Road

Schools

Westfield has a Primary School and Pre-School located down Bonsey Lane. There used to be a Secondary School called Highlands, though this formed with Horsell County Secondary School in Horsell to become Horsell High School, which later became Woking High School. Most local children attend either Westfield Primary School (Bonsey Lane), Send School, Barnsbury School and BDB, Woking High School and The Winston Churchill School. The younger children attend various pre-schools around the area

Politics

Westfield, together with the areas of Kingfield, Shackleford Road, Old Woking & Gresham Park form the Hoe Valley electoral ward formed in 2015 [14] which is named after the Hoe Stream a tributary of the River Wey [15]

Prior to the boundary change Westfield together with Barnsbury & Kingfield, formed an electoral ward of Woking called Kingsfield & Westfield. The polling districts are Westfield (KB), Kingfield (KC) & Barnsbury (KA). [16]

Sport and leisure

Westfield has a Non-League football club Westfield (Surrey) F.C. who play at Woking Park.

See also

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  15. Hoe Valley Ward details
  16. Kingfield & Westfield Ward details