Whiteley Village
| Whiteley Village | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Whiteley Village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ094624 |
| Location: | 51°21’2"N, 0°25’48"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Walton-on-Thames |
| Postcode: | KT12 |
| Dialling code: | 01932 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Elmbridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Runnymede and Weybridge |
Whiteley Village is a developed village in Surrey lying near Hersham and which provides homes for needy elderly people. The village was built as the result of a bequest of £1,000,000 in 1907 upon the death, by murder, of William Whiteley, the founder of Whiteley's, the first department store in London. The village is owned and administered by the Whiteley Homes Trust, a charity.
In addition to the care and housing provided, Whiteley Village is of a most distinctive pattern physically: it is not a natural village but one built from scratch in the early twentieth century, it is built in a series of concentric octagons around a central green. It consists of more than three hundred listed buildings, which together form an important collection of "Arts and Crafts" style architecture.
Location
The village is within the woods, east of the Seven Hills Road (on the opposite side of the road from St George's Hill). It is southeast of Weybridge and southwest of Hersham. Cobham lies further southeast, across the River Wey.
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