Guildford: Surrey's County Town, Cobbled High Street, and the A3 Corridor
Guildford's High Street runs down a steep hill to the River Wey, cobbled and lined with shop frontages that mix medieval, Georgian, and Victorian buildings. The castle keep, a Norman structure on a chalk mound, overlooks the town from the west. The Guildhall clock, projecting over the street on a wrought-iron bracket, has been telling the time since 1683. The population is around 80,000. Guildford is the county town of Surrey and the main commercial centre for a large area of the county.
The University of Surrey, on the western edge of town at Stag Hill, brings a student population of around 16,000. The Cathedral, completed in 1961 on a prominent hilltop, is one of the few Anglican cathedrals built on a new site since the Reformation. The A3 runs through the town, connecting it to London (thirty miles northeast) and Portsmouth. Guildford station provides services to London Waterloo in around 35 minutes. Property prices are among the highest outside London. For adult companionship, Guildford is covered by Surrey Police, and the town's relatively affluent, well-connected population shapes local demand.
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Guildford's High Street runs down a steep hill to the River Wey, cobbled and lined with shop frontages that mix medieval, Georgian, and Victorian buildings. The castle keep, a Norman structure on a chalk mound, overlooks the town from the west. The Guildhall clock, projecting over the street on a wrought-iron bracket, has been telling the time since 1683. The population is around 80,000. Guildford is the county town of Surrey and the main commercial centre for a large area of the county.
The University of Surrey, on the western edge of town at Stag Hill, brings a student population of around 16,000. The Cathedral, completed in 1961 on a prominent hilltop, is one of the few Anglican cathedrals built on a new site since the Reformation. The A3 runs through the town, connecting it to London (thirty miles northeast) and Portsmouth. Guildford station provides services to London Waterloo in around 35 minutes. Property prices are among the highest outside London. For adult companionship, Guildford is covered by Surrey Police, and the town's relatively affluent, well-connected population shapes local demand.
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