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Surrey Heath is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 with borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 status in Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Its council is based in Camberley
Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  south west of central London, in the corridor between the M3 motorway and M4 motorway motorways....
. Much of the area is within the Green Belt
Green Belt (UK)

In United Kingdom urban planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth. The idea is for a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where agriculture, forestry and outdoor leisure can be expected to prevail....
.

The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 30 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 seats, 7 Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
 seats, 2 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 seats and 1 other.

The borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 acquired its name because it includes extensive areas of heath
Heath (habitat)

A heath or heathland is a Chamaephyte habitat found on mainly infertile acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often Dominance by plants of the Ericaceae....
 and woodland including Chobham Common
Chobham Common

Chobham Common is a area of lowland heath a globally rare and threatened Habitat , in Surrey, England. It was formerly a freehold owned by the Earl of Onslow, and purchased for ?1 by Surrey County Council in 1966....
 and Lightwater
Lightwater

Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
 Country Park. Within the borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 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
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for certain endangered bird species.

The western section of the district is urbanised, with Camberley
Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  south west of central London, in the corridor between the M3 motorway and M4 motorway motorways....
, Lightwater
Lightwater

Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
, Deepcut
Deepcut

Deepcut is a village in Surrey, home to the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. It is situated close to Camberley....
, Frimley
Frimley

Frimley is a small England town situated 2 miles south of Camberley, in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. It is about 31 miles west south-west of London....
, Frimley Green
Frimley Green

Frimley Green is a large village in Surrey, South East England, UK, close to the border with Hampshire. It is close to the towns of Camberley and Frimley, with the nearest major town being Guildford, approximately 10 miles away....
 and Mytchett
Mytchett

Mytchett is a small village in Surrey approximately 35 miles south west of London.The village is approximately 2 miles long, but is constrained to the north by the South Western Main Line and to the east by the Basingstoke Canal and west by the River Blackwater, north-east Hampshire, meaning the village is only around 3/4 of a mile wide....
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Surrey Heath is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 with borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 status in Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Its council is based in Camberley
Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  south west of central London, in the corridor between the M3 motorway and M4 motorway motorways....
. Much of the area is within the Green Belt
Green Belt (UK)

In United Kingdom urban planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth. The idea is for a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where agriculture, forestry and outdoor leisure can be expected to prevail....
.

The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 30 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 seats, 7 Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
 seats, 2 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 seats and 1 other.

The borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 acquired its name because it includes extensive areas of heath
Heath (habitat)

A heath or heathland is a Chamaephyte habitat found on mainly infertile acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often Dominance by plants of the Ericaceae....
 and woodland including Chobham Common
Chobham Common

Chobham Common is a area of lowland heath a globally rare and threatened Habitat , in Surrey, England. It was formerly a freehold owned by the Earl of Onslow, and purchased for ?1 by Surrey County Council in 1966....
 and Lightwater
Lightwater

Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
 Country Park. Within the borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 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
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for certain endangered bird species.

The western section of the district is urbanised, with Camberley
Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  south west of central London, in the corridor between the M3 motorway and M4 motorway motorways....
, Lightwater
Lightwater

Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
, Deepcut
Deepcut

Deepcut is a village in Surrey, home to the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. It is situated close to Camberley....
, Frimley
Frimley

Frimley is a small England town situated 2 miles south of Camberley, in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. It is about 31 miles west south-west of London....
, Frimley Green
Frimley Green

Frimley Green is a large village in Surrey, South East England, UK, close to the border with Hampshire. It is close to the towns of Camberley and Frimley, with the nearest major town being Guildford, approximately 10 miles away....
 and Mytchett
Mytchett

Mytchett is a small village in Surrey approximately 35 miles south west of London.The village is approximately 2 miles long, but is constrained to the north by the South Western Main Line and to the east by the Basingstoke Canal and west by the River Blackwater, north-east Hampshire, meaning the village is only around 3/4 of a mile wide....
. The east of the district is less urbanised, and contains Surrey Heath's four civil parishes:

  • Bisley
    Bisley, Surrey

    Bisley is a village in Surrey, England, which is notable for rifle shooting. Bisley's immediate neighbours are West End, Woking, Chobham, Surrey and Knaphill....
  • Chobham
    Chobham, Surrey

    Chobham, Surrey is a village in NW Surrey, England. About fifteen minutes drive from the London railway line stations at Woking to the south and Sunningdale to the north....
  • West End
  • Windlesham
    Windlesham

    Windlesham is a large village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey in South East England. It is also the name of the parish that covers Bagshot, Surrey and Lightwater, in addition to Windlesham....
     (contains Bagshot and Lightwater
    Lightwater

    Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
    , in addition to Windlesham
    Windlesham

    Windlesham is a large village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey in South East England. It is also the name of the parish that covers Bagshot, Surrey and Lightwater, in addition to Windlesham....
     village itself).


The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, as a merger of Frimley and Camberley
Frimley and Camberley

Frimley and Camberley was an urban district in Surrey, England from 1894 to 1974. It consisted of Frimley and Camberley. It now forms part of the Surrey Heath district....
 urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
, and Bagshot Rural District
Bagshot Rural District

Bagshot Rural District joined with Frimley and Camberley urban districts in 1974 to form Surrey Heath borough which is part of the county of Surrey....
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Was voted 6th best place to live in Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
's Location, Location, Location
Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location is a popular Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer and produced by IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group....
 'best and worst' survey.

Parish councils

Parish
Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
 councils in Surrey Heath are in Bisley
Bisley

Bisley may refer to:...
 with the chairman being Cllr Barry Woodhead; Chobham
Chobham, Surrey

Chobham, Surrey is a village in NW Surrey, England. About fifteen minutes drive from the London railway line stations at Woking to the south and Sunningdale to the north....
 with the chairman being Cllr Ian AC Taylor; West End
West End, Surrey

West End is a village in the county of Surrey, England.It sits between Camberley and Woking. The A322 runs north south through the middle of the village....
 with the chairman being Cllr David Elliott and Windlesham
Windlesham

Windlesham is a large village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey in South East England. It is also the name of the parish that covers Bagshot, Surrey and Lightwater, in addition to Windlesham....
 (which includes Lightwater
Lightwater

Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England about to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End, Woking....
 and Bagshot) where the chairman is Cllr Bryan Ward.

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas
Centrica

Centrica plc is a large multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America and Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index....
  showed that housing in Surrey Heath produced the 3rd highest average carbon emissions in the country at an average of 7,477 kg of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalent bond to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state....
 per dwelling.

See also: Energy efficiency in British housing
Energy efficiency in British housing

Domestic housing in the United Kingdom presents a possible opportunity for achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010....
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