Wisley

Coordinates: 51°19′22″N 0°28′38″W / 51.3227°N 0.4772°W / 51.3227; -0.4772

Wisley
The new Wisley Glasshouse
Wisley  Wisley shown within Surrey
Population	204 [1]
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]

Amenities

Wisley Golf Club is located in the village, and has celebrity members including Charles 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 6691 foot (1.27 miles) 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.

In woodland near the village and around the M25/A3 junction, there are numerous cross-country mountain bike trails, as well as several highly regarded "secret" dirt jumping trails.

High temperatures

2004

At a rather different temperature, a line of Routemasters at a LBPT bus event on the runway at a snowy Wisley Airfield.

On 5 September 2004, Wisley recorded a temperature of 29.2°C, beating 28.6°C, which was recorded in Cardiff.

2006 heatwave

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)

References

1. ^ Census data
2. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
3. ^ Wisley Church
4. ^ Church tracks
5. ^ Google Maps – Location of Wisley Airfield
6. ^ BBC News – Heatwave breaks record for July

External links

• 'Parishes: Wisley' A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911), pp. 378-81. Date accessed: 26 September 2007.