| Westfield | |
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  Westfield Location withinSurrey | |
| OS grid reference | TQ004567 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woking |
| Postcode district | GU22 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| 51°18′03″N0°33′37″W / 51.300972°N 0.560286°W /51.300972; -0.560286 | |
Westfield is an area inWoking borough,Surrey. Westfield marks the southern boundary ofWoking altering from English archetypal suburban homes in the north to semi-rural homes, smallholdings, small woodlands and fields in the south, where it abuts areas of London'sMetropolitan Green Belt.
There is some archaeological evidence of Late Bronze Age activity in Westfield. Late Bronze Age artefacts have been recovered from this area and are now stored in the British Museum.[1]
Westfield was one of three ‘open fields’ of the ancient town of Woking (seeOld Woking) and was first recorded in 1548.[2] The ‘west’ field was in fact divided into two areas with the ‘lower west field’ occupying the area of present-day Westfield Avenue and the Football Ground and the ‘upper west field’ covering the area to the south and east of the Westfield Road. The Old Cricketers Inn and Cricketers Cottage on Westfield Common have a 16th-century provenance[3]Built in the 16th century, Walnut Tree Cottage was the site of a Liquorice factory.[4]
As well as the ‘common fields’ Westfield had a large area of ‘common land’ that, despite being bought by theLondon Necropolis Company in the mid-19th century, remains open even today. The registered common land is calledWestfield Common.
All of the 'modern development' of Westfield (as well as Kingfield andOld Woking) has been on the former fields of the area, with the bounds of many of these fields still traceable in the estate boundaries.[5] For example:
Westfield has a Primary School and Pre-School located down Bonsey Lane. There used to be a Secondary School called Highlands, though this formed with Horsell County Secondary School in Horsell to become Horsell High School, which later became Woking High School. Most local children attend either Westfield Primary School (Bonsey Lane), Send School, Barnsbury School andBDB,Woking High School andThe Winston Churchill School. The younger children attend various pre-schools around the area
Westfield, together with the areas of Kingfield, Shackleford Road, Old Woking & Gresham Park form the Hoe Valley electoral ward formed in 2015[14] which is named after the Hoe Stream a tributary of the River Wey[15]
Prior to the boundary change Westfield together with Barnsbury & Kingfield, formed an electoral ward of Woking called Kingsfield & Westfield. The polling districts are Westfield (KB), Kingfield (KC) & Barnsbury (KA).[16]
Westfield has aNon-League football clubWestfield (Surrey) F.C. who play at Woking Park.
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