Frimley Green is a large village and
ward
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of in the Borough of
Surrey Heath in
Surrey
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, England, approximately southwest of
central London. It is south of the town of
Frimley
Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086.
Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
.
Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the
BDO international
darts
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competition. It was played yearly in the village between 1986 and 2019.
The nearest railway stations are
Frimley
Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086.
Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
on the line between
Ascot and
Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
,
Farnborough North on the
North Downs Line
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and
Farnborough (Main) on the
South West Main Line
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.
Geography
Soil, elevation and boundaries
The land slopes down from
Deepcut
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, partly on the Chobham Ridges to the east, to the
River Blackwater which is preceded by the lakes and small woods in the south-west of the ward which form the boundary with
Hampshire
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. Most of the woods and lakes are sectioned off by the Ascot to Guildford Line, the only railway within its bounds, which at the next station south merges into the
Alton Line
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The branch leaves the main line at Pirbright Junction to the west of Brookwood stati ...
from London to
Alton
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, Hampshire then becomes part of the
North Downs Line
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Amenities and transport
Frimley Green, as with many British villages bearing the word green, is named after a central
village green
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. The
Basingstoke Canal
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runs alongside the park in the south and has a traditional wharf and
inn
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here. Frimley Green's main green spaces comprise large playing fields, a wooded area with an activity trail and
a miniature railway.
Frimley Lodge Park
Frimley Lodge Park is a recreational site located between Frimley Green and Mytchett in Surrey, England.
The park was largely developed in 1987–88 to include several football and rugby fields, two children's play areas and trim trail. I ...
consisting of wide-ranging recreational areas is between the developed south-centre of Frimley Green and
Mytchett
Mytchett is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is to the east of Farnborough (in Hampshire), the nearest town. Much of the village dates from the first half of the twenti ...
.
[
The nearest railway station is ]Frimley
Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086.
Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
which is linked to Ash Vale
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. Otherwise in neighbouring settlements are Farnborough North on the North Downs Line
The North Downs Line is a passenger-train line connecting Reading, on the Great Western Main Line, to Redhill and , along the Brighton Main Line, linking many centres of population in that part of the North Downs which it traverses en route.
...
and Farnborough (Main) (on the South West Main Line
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from Southampton
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to London Waterloo
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which marks the southern border). Stagecoach South
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bus services connect the village to Farnborough (and to Camberley, which is also served as the next station north of Frimley by rail).[
Main schools are Frimley Church of England School and Cross Farm Infant School.
The main road connecting the area inter-regionally is the M3 motorway, centred to the north, which has a junction near to its closest point.
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History
As part of Frimley
Frimley was a chapelry
A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
Status
It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...
of Ash
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which local nobles had established as a manor from 1277. Henry Elliot Malden in the Victoria County History
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(1911–12) believes Frimley manor may have been the land in Ash purchased by Bartholomew de Winton, Abbot of Chertsey Abbey
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It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the same time ...
in 1277, from a Sir Walter Raleigh (not his more famous explorer namesake). Henry VIII granted it to Sir John White of Aldershot
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. James Tichborne
Tichborne is a village and civil parish east of Winchester in Hampshire, England.
History
In archaeology in the south of the parish within the South Downs National Park is a bell barrow, bowl barrow and regular aggregate field system immediat ...
sold the remaining land, chiefly the manor house
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to Mr. Tekel(l) and by 1911 the land had virtually all been subdivided.
Separation of identity and growth
Frimley Green gained, from its mother area, Frimley, half of a formal identity in 1889, when its first church was built,[ replaced in 1912. This remains joined with ]Mytchett
Mytchett is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is to the east of Farnborough (in Hampshire), the nearest town. Much of the village dates from the first half of the twenti ...
in providing a choice of services, offered by the Church of England
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.
Catering to an expanded late 20th century population across the west of the district, in 1969 a Roman Catholic church was built just across the border in Frimley to the northOur Lady Queen of Heaven, Frimley
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton and Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital is a large general hospital in Frimley, Surrey. It is managed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, and houses a private wing.
History
Frimley Park Hospital was opened to provide a full range of acute services to pat ...
was built in 1974 in Frimley.
Sport and leisure
Lakeside Country Club is to the south of the village, and hosted the British Darts Organisation
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’s (BDO) World Professional Darts Championship
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each January from 1986 to 2019 before the event moved to The Indigo at the O2 Arena, London.
Frimley Green F.C. are the local football team, and play in the Premier Division of the Combined Counties Football League
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.
Demography
The area of the ward is . At the United Kingdom Census 2011
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its population had risen from 5,639 (ten years before) to 5,717. As to households there were 2,266, owned by 47.1% of people on a loan and 35.2% outright. Greater than the national and local averages, 55.2% of the population described their health as very good.[
The ward was created on the establishment of a council in 1965.
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Notable residents
*Dame Ethel Smyth
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Smyth tended t ...
, composer
*Christopher Howarth
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Howarth is a c ...
, figure skater
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External links
Frimley Green Cricket Club
(Ground: Frimley Green Park)
Photographs of Frimley Green 1906-1965
Vision of Britain - The University of Portsmouth
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and others
Mytchett, Frimley Green & Deepcut. A focus on the three villages (tripos.org.uk)
References
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