30-588: Windlesham is a geographically-large village in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey , England, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south west of central London. Its name derives from the Windle Brook , which runs south of the village into Chobham , and the common suffix 'ham', the Old English word for 'homestead'. The village of Windlesham has a population of around 4,000, while the civil parish of Windlesham has
60-405: A 30% increase in her remuneration during 2018–19 compared to the year before had been unlawfully approved by the former leader of the council, Moira Gibson. The area forms the heart of the heath that spans Esher , Oxshott , Weybridge , Wisley , all around Woking , Brookwood , Deepcut , Pirbright , Frimley , Lightwater , Camberley , Chobham Common , Virginia Water and Ottershaw . It
90-471: A population of 17,000 and includes the much larger neighbouring villages of Bagshot and Lightwater . Windlesham Arboretum , which covers an area of approximately 1 km (0.39 sq mi), is on the south side of the M3 motorway . Access to the motorway is via Junction 3. The nearest railway stations are Sunningdale and Bagshot, with Sunningdale offering the best, most frequent services for London Waterloo on
120-591: Is a medical research centre in Surrey . It is the European headquarters of Eli Lilly and Company . Lilly received permission for the site in 1959. The site was built by McAlpine. The site was to open by August 1967, being 47 acres From 1967 the catering was provided by the Bateman Catering Organisation The former research site of Lilly was at Bromborough . In 1968, when the centre opened, Eli Lilly
150-505: Is connected by footpath to the edge of the village centre but on the opposite side of the M3 motorway. In July 2007 in Windlesham, the most expensive house in the world, Oakwood (previously named 'Updown Court'), was valued at £75m ($ 138m (USD). This 103-room mansion has 58 acres (23 ha) of gardens and landscaped woodlands. The Lilly Research Centre , built in 1967, was located in the north of
180-407: Is full of the exploits of highwaymen , who found the wild country hereabouts specially favourable for their purposes. The Inclosure Act of 1812 inclosed much of Bagshot Heath, and also inclosed the common fields of Windlesham. Inclosure had begun before, for in 1768 the lords of the manors and the freeholders gave land inclosed from the waste for charitable purposes. Windlesham Manor appears among
210-417: Is made up of naturally wet, very acid sandy and loamy soil, which is just 1.9% of English soil and 0.2% of Welsh soil, which gives rise to pines and coniferous landscapes, such as pioneered at Wentworth and Foxhills estate (now spa, hotel, restaurant and golf club) by pro-American independence statesman Charles James Fox . In geology it gives rise to the name, Bagshot Formation . The western section of
240-418: Is owned, funded and run by the village community via a board of volunteer trustees. The land was purchased from Admiral Cochrane in 1950 as a permanent memorial to the men and women of the village who lost their lives in the two World Wars, and is the site for the village's Remembrance Day ceremony. It consists of both open space and mature woodland and includes a play area. Many village events take place on
270-652: Is reported to be one of a handful of such villages in the United Kingdom . Valley End is a hamlet and chapelry in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey , England, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Windlesham, so similarly is about 15 minutes drive from the South West Main Line at Woking to the southeast and from Sunningdale on the Waterloo to Reading Line to the north. Valley End has two churches, St Saviour which
300-652: The Surrey Heath constituency . The constituency is slightly larger than the borough, including the Normandy and Pirbright ward of Guildford Borough Council . In 2014, the British Election Study named Surrey Heath as the most right-wing constituency in the country. Surrey Heath is twinned with Sucy-en-Brie , France, and Bietigheim-Bissingen , Germany. 51°20′22″N 0°44′36″W / 51.3395°N 0.7433°W / 51.3395; -0.7433 Lilly Research Centre The Lilly Research Centre
330-692: The borough there are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest , four of which are part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area of European Importance as a habitat for certain endangered bird species; these make up some of the six Wildlife Reserves managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust in Surrey Heath. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 35 Councillors representing 14 wards , with each ward electing two or three Councillors. Elections are held every four years. The whole borough lies within
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#1732845634471360-521: The 1538 Dissolution of the Monasteries . In the next year Windlesham was granted to St. John's College, Cambridge , who still held it in 1911 In 1911, the village was, due to Surrey Heath , described as almost entirely modern, in much the same way as Wentworth, Surrey 's landscape was tamed approximately at the turn of the 20th century, being naturally heather , gorse and fern and ideal for grass and laid out evergreen trees. Windlesham Arboretum
390-774: The Reading line. St John the Baptist Church in Church Road dates back to the 13th century, and records show it may even go as far back as the 12th century. The neighbourhood has yielded bronze implements , now in the Archaeological Society's Museum, Guildford, and a certain number of neolithic flints. Windlesham was once a small community within Windsor Great Park , built as a remote farming settlement around undulating heath , similar to Sunninghill . At Ribs Down in
420-562: The area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt . The neighbouring districts are Runnymede , Woking , Guildford , Rushmoor , Hart , Bracknell Forest , and Windsor and Maidenhead . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named "Surrey Heath" in recognition of
450-408: The borough is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. Since the 2023 election the council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control. Prior to 2023 the council had been led by Conservatives from its creation in 1974. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until
480-469: The composition of the council was: Three of the four independent councillors sit together as "The Community Group". The next election is due in 2027. The council is based at Surrey Heath House on Knoll Road in Camberley. The building was purpose-built for the council for £4.25m and was completed in 1987. The building was formally opened by Valerian Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on 17 July 1987. In 2016
510-405: The council bought The Square, the main shopping centre in the centre of Camberley, for £109 million. By early 2023 the centre was reportedly valued at only £30 million, and the rents being received did not cover the interest payments on the debts the council had incurred in buying it. In 2020 the council's chief executive, Karen Whelan, resigned after an independent investigation found that
540-447: The district is largely urbanised, with heaths nonetheless providing substantial green buffer around Camberley , Lightwater , Deepcut , Frimley , Frimley Green and Mytchett . The east of the district is less urbanized, and contains Surrey Heath's four civil parishes: The former Frimley and Camberley Urban District covering the west of the borough is an unparished area , governed directly by Surrey Heath Borough Council. Within
570-820: The end of 2020 with some staff moving to other Eli Lilly locations in the local area and neuroscience research moving to the USA. A year later, in October 2020, UCB announced they had acquired the site from Lilly and would complete a refurbishment of the site. From 1967 the catering was provided by the Bateman Catering Organisation. The site had laboratory animals. A new £1.3m centre for Elanco Products opened in November 1978, with 12,500 sq ft. The site also researched plant science, where chemists developed pesticide formulation. The pain killer benoxaprofen (known as Opren)
600-487: The extensive areas of heathland it contains, including Chobham Common and Lightwater Country Park, which form part of the wider Thames Basin Heaths . The new district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Surrey Heath Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Surrey County Council . The eastern part of
630-429: The field, including the annual Village Fete. The field is also used by the village's football and cricket clubs. Other groups in the village include Windle Valley Runners and Windlesham Drama Group. An annual Pram Race , in which teams race around the village stopping at every pub, happens every Boxing Day and raises money for local charities . Windlesham was the first village to become hedgehog friendly village, and
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#1732845634471660-462: The manors granted to Westminster by Edward the Confessor in his foundation charter. It was apparently transferred to the small local Broomhall Convent at an unknown date. Newark Priory had a grant of land in Windlesham in 1256, and had the advowson (right to appoint the vicar) of the church. Joan Rawlyns, Prioress of Broomhall, made a voluntary surrender of the property of her house in 1522 before
690-463: The new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Surrey Heath. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1996 have been: Following the 2023 election (including a postponed election in one ward) and a subsequent change of allegiance in July 2024,
720-573: The north in private Updown Court (now called Oakwood) and adjoining gardens, land reaches 99 metres above sea level with a minimum descent (notch/ col ) of 31 metres, ranking 35th of 36 Surrey hills listed in the national hill-climbing database and the tallest private hill in Surrey. This corner of the county appears, from absence of notice in the Domesday Book of 1086, to have been very sparsely inhabited. Of Windlesham, Malden wrote: The old road had been
750-555: The source of great prosperity in Bagshot till it was superseded by the railway. Thirty coaches a day passed through, and there were many inns, since closed. The most interesting history of the place is in connexion with Windsor Forest, and its bailiwick in Surrey. The tenure of Bagshot in the Red Book of the Exchequer is per serjentiam veltrariae, i.e. providing a leash of hounds. The later history
780-648: The village, but the site has since been acquired by UCB. The BOC Group was based in the village, but was bought by Linde plc (Linde AG of Germany) in September 2006. Linde have also since moved on, to be replaced by Gordon Murray Group. There are three schools in Windlesham: Windlesham Village Infant School, Woodcote House School and Fernways School. Other nearby schools include Valley End C of E Infant School (Valley End, Chobham) and Hall Grove School (Bagshot). Windlesham Field of Remembrance
810-500: Was built in 1867 by the English architect George Frederick Bodley and Emmanuel Baptist Church. St Saviour's is built in red and brown brick with stone dressed windows. The interior is a simple mixture of brick and stone. There is a Holy Communion service every Sunday at 9am. Valley End School was founded in 1859 by the Hon. Julia Bathurst of Hyams Hall, Windlesham. The Valley End Cricket Club
840-596: Was developed at the site in 1971, and launched on Tuesday 14 October 1980, and had been in hospitals since May 1980. It had to be rapidly withdrawn on 4 August 1982, as there were numerous side-effects, with maybe up to 61 deaths in the UK. It was banned by the government on 6 September 1982. It is accessed via the A30 and B3020, and the A322 via junction 3 of the M3 . The site has a 200-seat restaurant. The EMC building opened in 2000. The site
870-468: Was founded in 1895. See Bagshot for this developed part of the civil parish , which has the greatest concentration of homes, shops and businesses compared to Windlesham and Lightwater. See Lightwater for this developed part of the civil parish Surrey Heath Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey , England. Its council is based in Camberley . Much of
900-561: Was spending £20m on research in the UK. The average research cost of a new molecular entity is currently over £1bn. In 2003, a £40m investment transformed the site into a Centre of Excellence in Neuroscience Research. Director of Research at the centre was Bill Dawson, a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain . In October 2019, Eli Lilly announced the closure of their Erl Wood research centre by
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