Ottershaw
| Ottershaw | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | Horsell Common |
| Location: | 51°21’46"N, -0°31’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 3,687 (2001) |
| Post town: | Chertsey |
| Postcode: | KT16 |
| Dialling code: | 01932 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Runnymede |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Runnymede and Weybridge |
Ottershaw is a village in Surrey, south of Chersey and north of West Byfleet, a village blessed with pretty woodland.
The village has two pubs, the Otter and the Castle. The other main eatery is the Spicy Cottage. Also in Ottershaw is Fairoaks Airport, an airfield for private flying.
Parish church
The parish church Christ Church, stands as the village's most prominent landmark. The church was the gift of one man, Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke (1813–1890) who came to live in Ottershaw in 1859. He provided sufficient land from his estate for a church, churchyard and vicarage, paid all the construction costs and endowed the church with £100 a year.[1]
There is a junior school linked to this church.[2]
Village history
The Ottershaw Society has carried out a comprehensive Historical Survey of the village that records the current village and its historical background. It is illustrated with over 1,000 photographs of the village as it is now and many historical illustrations from the mid C19th to the present time, plus older residents' memories and various other historical written material.
In fiction, Ottershaw joins a number of Surrey owns and villages in the book The War of the Worlds by H G Wells; the fictional narrator is invited to an observatory in Ottershaw.
Society
Ottershaw park has an active Sunday league and 5-A-Side scene, including the long established Ladz United FC (nicknamed "the Parrots"- due to the local Parrot population or "the teachers" due to certain founding members being teachers and being so well respected in the community).
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ottershaw) |
- Ottershaw Village Society
- Ottershaw Park History
- Ottershaw Players
- Village Home Page
- Christ Church, Ottershaw
- Ottershaw School Old Boys' Society