Editing Surrey (section)

{{Short description|County of England}}
{{About|the county of England|the Canadian city|Surrey, British Columbia|other uses|Surrey (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox English county
| official_name = Surrey
| image_caption = '''Clockwise from top''': [[Guildford]] and its [[Guildford Cathedral|cathedral]]; the view from [[Leith Hill]]; and [[Epsom]]
| arms_link = 
| locator_map = {{Switcher
 |[[File:Surrey UK locator map 2010.svg|250px]]<br />''Ceremonial Surrey within England''<hr />
 |Ceremonial Surrey
 |[[File:Surrey - British Isles.svg|250px]]<br />Historic Surrey in the British Isles<hr />
 |Historic Surrey
 }}
| coordinates = {{Coord|51.25|N|0.45|W|region:GB-SRY_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| region = [[South East England|South East]]
| established_date = [[Historic counties of England|before 1066]]
| lord_lieutenant_office = Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
| lord_lieutenant_name = Michael More-Molyneux
| high_sheriff_office = High Sheriff of Surrey
| high_sheriff_name = Julie Llewelyn (2021–22)<ref name=HighSheriffSurrey>{{cite web |url=https://www.highsheriffofsurrey.com/ |title=Home - High Sheriff of Surrey |access-date=5 January 2022 |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105210903/https://www.highsheriffofsurrey.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 1663
| area_total_rank = 35th
| statistics_date = {{English statistics year}}
|ethnicity = {{ubl|76.6% White British|8.9% Other White|7.7% Asian|1.7% Black|3.4% Mixed|1.7% Other|(2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.surreyi.gov.uk/census-2021/ethnic-group/|title=Ethnic Group from the 2021 Census |publisher=Surrey County Council |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>}}
| county_council = [[Surrey County Council]]
| admin_hq = [[Woodhatch Place, Reigate]]
| largest_town = [[Woking]]
| area_council_km2 = 1663
| area_council_rank = 25th
| iso_code = GB-SRY
| ons_code = 43
| gss_code = E10000030
| nuts_code = UKJ23
| districts_map = [[File:Surrey numbered districts.svg|200px]]
| districts_key = 
| districts_list = # [[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne]]
# [[Borough of Runnymede|Runnymede]]
# [[Surrey Heath]]
# [[Woking]]
# [[Borough of Elmbridge|Elmbridge]]
# [[Borough of Guildford|Guildford]]
# [[Borough of Waverley|Waverley]]
# [[Mole Valley]]
# [[Epsom and Ewell]]
# {{nowrap|[[Reigate and Banstead]]}}
# [[Tandridge District|Tandridge]]
| MPs = [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey|List of MPs]]
| police = [[Surrey Police]]
| website = {{URL|surreycc.gov.uk}}
| image_main = {{multiple images
 |border = infobox
 |perrow = 1 2
 |total_width = 270px
 |image1 = Guildford & Cathedral of Surrey.JPG
 |image2 = Spring in Epsom (6980024124) - cropped.jpg
 |image3 = View from Leith Hill south over Leith Hill Place.jpg
 }}
}}

'''Surrey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʌr|i}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Surrey {{!}} Definition of surrey in English by Oxford Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/surrey#Surrey_Noun_001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030938/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/surrey#Surrey_Noun_001 |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] in [[South East England]]. It is bordered by [[Greater London]] to the northeast, [[Kent]] to the east, [[East Sussex|East]] and [[West Sussex]] to the south, and [[Hampshire]] and [[Berkshire]] to the west. The largest settlement is [[Woking]].

The county has an area of {{convert|1663|km2|abbr=in}} and a population of 1,214,540. Much of the north of the county forms part of the [[Greater London Built-up Area]], which includes the [[Suburb|suburbs]] within the [[M25 motorway]] as well as Woking (103,900), [[Guildford]] (77,057), and [[Leatherhead]] (32,522). The west of the county contains part of [[Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area|built-up area]] which includes [[Camberley]], [[Farnham]], and [[Frimley]] and which extends into Hampshire and Berkshire. The south of the county is rural, and its largest settlements are [[Horley]] (22,693) and [[Godalming]] (22,689). For [[Local government in England|local government]] purposes Surrey is a [[non-metropolitan county]] with eleven districts. The county historically included much of south-west Greater London but excluded what is now the [[borough of Spelthorne]], which was part of [[Middlesex]]. It is one of the [[home counties]].

The defining geographical feature of the county is the [[North Downs]], a chalk escarpment which runs from the south-west to north-east and divides the densely populated north from the more rural south; it is pierced by the rivers [[River Wey|Wey]] and [[River Mole|Mole]], both tributaries of the [[Thames]]. The north of the county is a lowland, part of the Thames basin. The south-east is part of the [[Weald]], and the south-west contains the [[Surrey Hills AONB|Surrey Hills]] and [[Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons]], an extensive area of [[heath]]. The county has the densest woodland cover in England, at 22.4 per cent.