Addlestone
administrative town of the borough of Runnymede in the county of Surrey, England
Addlestone ( or ) is a town in Surrey, England. It is located approximately 18+1⁄2 miles (30 kilometres) southwest of London. The town is the administrative centre of the Borough of Runnymede, of which it is the largest settlement.
Geography
Addlestone is approximately 10 miles (16 kilometres) northeast of Guildford and 18+1⁄2 mi (30 km) southwest of London.
Narrow green buffers separate the town from Weybridge, Chertsey and Ottershaw. There is no precisely defined southern boundary with New Haw.
Addlestone is home to the ancient Crouch Oak tree, under which it is said Queen Elizabeth I picnicked. It also marked the edge of Windsor Forest before it was largely cut down for fields and settlements.
Elevation, soil and geology
Elevations range between 11 and 40 metres (36 and 131 ft). The maximum is on Row Hill recreation ground, Row Town, Addlestone; a ridge that continues to the northwest of Row Town where it is known as Ongar/Spinney Hill, where Great Grove Farm in its centre also reaches this height; the minimum is by the Thames and along the Woburn Park Stream which is the main distributary of The Bourne the main waterway of the village, a stream rising as the Windle Brook in Windlesham cutting a shallow ravine, flowing past the McLaren Technology Centre and Woodham then passing to the east of the village.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Addlestone” as administrative town of the borough of Runnymede in the county of Surrey, England. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as administrative town of the borough of Runnymede in the county of Surrey, England. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q353307. Authority coordinates are 51.370, -0.490. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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