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Guildford

County town of Surrey in England

Citycounty town market town unparished areaQ213465

Also known as Guildford, Surrey, England · Guildford, Surrey · Guildford, England · Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom · Guildford, United Kingdom · Guildford, Surrey, UK

Country: United Kingdom
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-11-05
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Located in: Guildford(since 1974)
, Surrey(until 1974)
Population: 77,057(2011)
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1.citypopulation.de/UK-Cities.html
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Postal code: GU1-4
Website: guildford.gov.uk

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Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 152,148 inhabitants in 2025. Its name is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames, that flows through the town centre.

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Twinned administrative body: Freiburg im Breisgau(since 1979)
Local dialing code: 01483
OS grid reference: SU9949
Shares border with: Chilworth
Capital of: Guildford
Surrey
Native label: Guildford
Official name: Guildford
Official language: English
Historic county: Surrey
IPA transcription: /ˈɡɪlfərd/
Different from: Guildford

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51.2354, -0.5746OpenStreetMap ↗

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