Sutton Green is a semi-rural suburban settlement and area of

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between

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and

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. Sutton Green neighbours Jacobs Well in the

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Geography

Physical geography and protected land

Sutton Green is a semi-rural suburban or

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and area of

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. Sutton Green neighbours Jacobs Well; part of its easternmost fields is in the flood risk area of the

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, being a purposeful long

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as a consequence of the river's many channels and improvements such as the

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which passes to the west then east (

Send, Surrey Send is a villages in the United Kingdom, village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Guildford (borough), Guildford borough of the English county of Surrey. The name is thought to mean "sandy place" and sand was extracted at var ...

side) of the main channel here.Flood Risk Map
Environment Agency. Accessed 2015-04-20 The south of the parish is a prominent terrace above a long meander of the Wey including Sutton Place itself. A low contour of this terrace and brief section, north, is ancient woodland. The land is mostly Historic Landscape, in shades, the centre-south, Ladymead Farm being red and adjoining Sutton Place, deep green. West of Sutton Green are farm-separated Prey Heath and Whitmoor Common that is a Surrey Wildlife Trust

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Administrative geography and local plan

As of the last (2004) 8 to 10-year review, the area is in a slightly redrawn ''Mayford and Sutton Green'' one-councillor

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of the Borough. It is in the Woking South County division. There is a range of community facilities serving the local area including the Mayford Centre and the village hall; Local Plan policies resist the loss of community facilities unless there is no longer a need for the facility or where adequate alternative provision is made (policy CUS2).The Local Plan of Woking Borough Council: Mayford and Sutton Green section
Accessed 2015-20-04

Schools

Two primary (4-11) schools and an infant and junior school (subdivisions in Send) are approximately two miles from the centre in neighbouring areas; the closest later education provider is at approximately three miles,

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Places of interest

Sutton Place Conservation Area

The original owner and possible architect was Sir Richard Weston a UK politician and courtier with another famous owner being J.Paul Getty, oil magnate and the patriarch of the

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who spent the last 25 years of his life at Sutton Place. The current owner is

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, a Russian businessman.

Anglican church

All Souls' Church remains part of the parish of St Peter, Woking so is historically termed a chapel. The parish has two other centres of collective or individual worship: St Peter's Church,

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, and St Mark's, Westfield.

Catholic church

In addition to the Anglican church, there is also a local

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church, Holy Family. This started out holding services in the parish hall of All Saints Church. In 1977, the Catholic church built a hall of its own, where services were first held in August of that year. A new church building was constructed in 1988 and dedicated in March 1989.

Sutton Green Golf Course

Sutton Green has a 71 par

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co-designed by former world No.1

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completed and opened in 1994. The length of the course is .Sutton Green Golf Course Official Website
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References

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