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Longcross
Longcross
	Longcross Location within Surrey
Population	943 (approx.) (2011 Census)
District	Runnymede;
Shire county	Surrey;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chertsey
Postcode district	KT16
Dialling code	01932
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Runnymede and Weybridge;
	List of places UK England Surrey 51°22′41″N 0°35′06″W / 51.378°N 0.585°W

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Longcross is a village in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 34.6 kilometres (21.5 mi) west of central London. Its name is thought to come from a marker, placed where the parish boundaries of Chertsey, Chobham and Egham met.^[1]

Description

South Longcross consists of large houses along one long, hilly road with a few closes. North Longcross has two, adjoining, scheduled for early 2020s-final phase completion housing estates including Upper Longcross on a shorter road before the next settlement, the south of Virginia Water, Trumps Green which is an older mixture of former workers' cottages, a little semi-detached stock, large houses and public woodland. The village is otherwise very buffered however has a transport link: its rail station on the Waterloo to Reading Line. All of its clusters are between Virginia Water, Sunningdale, Windlesham, Ottershaw and Chobham. It is bisected by the M3 motorway (which is unusually in a large cutting) into north and south components.

Politics and demography

In the local return of a panel of three councillors per ward of 5,000-6,000 people (see apportionment) its electoral ward is Foxhills (an estate towards Lyne, once the seat of John Ivatt Briscoe). It comprises Longcross together with Lyne, Ottershaw and Addlestone.^[2]

In 2011 the village was again, for equal population of units (or half-sized units) purposes, split into three Output Areas totalling two and a half typical size, by taking in a small part of Ottershaw and of Wentworth Estate.^[3] These areas had a total population of 943 people.

History

Longcross's church is Christ Church; it is a redundant church registered for disposal and the parish has re-merged with the parish of Lyne, itself a relatively late breakaway from Chertsey, but longer a chapelry. The church is a Grade II listed building of mid-Victorian (1847)^[4] origin comprising a nave, west porch, chancel, north organ chamber, and vestry. It is built of red brick with slate roofs.^[5]

For a long time there was a Ministry of Defence presence in Longcross. In World War II, the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment was built to the north of the village, where armoured vehicles were designed and tested.^[1] Now no longer used for its original purpose, the site was sold by QinetiQ, and is now the site of Longcross Film Studios, where the James Bond film Skyfall and several other films have been made since 2010.^[6]^[7]

Facilities

Longcross has few public facilities of its own; exceptions include the Old School café, boarding kennels and serviced offices. The café has been a family-run business for 50 years.^[8] There is no village centre, pub, or green. It is a dispersed village. By virtue of its farms, Chertsey lays claim to be the only predominantly London commuter town with an annual agricultural show. The show has since lost its agricultural component.^[9]

Public transport

Train services from Longcross railway station to and from London Waterloo are operated by South Western Railway. The station adjoins the North or Upper Longcross development, a large new Garden village constructed in the late 2010s and early 2020s.

The railway station, linked by footpaths to the new North/Upper Longcross estates and at Burma Road, has been upgraded in services from a very minor (seldom) stop on the London Waterloo to Reading line to a normal minor stop. The next station with regular services is Virginia Water, being a major stop on this main line and a branch line.

No part of this hilly area of land has bus services — the far east of Longcross is 1 mile (1.6 km) across sparse footpaths from services to Woking and Chertsey.

Today

Longcross Road has a partial footway, otherwise sandy mud verges, at one point reduced by trees and hill crest to nothing meaning South Longcross is hard to traverse on foot. The road leading NNE into Trumps Green has footways and short section of normal verge, making Trumps Green an easy walk from the station/north area.

A large portion of Longcross is taken up by the Longcross Estate, currently owned by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.^[10] There are public footpaths and bridleways leading through the estate and onto Chobham Common, which spans from the south-west to the south-east of the village.

On 2 January 2017, it was announced that Longcross was to be one of the sites of the government's proposed garden villages, ideally having around 5,000 new homes. A generous road expansion to the existing road to Trumps Green has been given, and the sites are served by rail and road with spare capacity.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lyne and Longcross". Chertsey Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Population statistics.
^ https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/components/stdListComponent.asp?menuopt=12&subcomp=100 Nomis Web UK Labour Market and other statistics from the 2011 UK Census
^ Guildford Diocese Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Redundant Churches
^ ^a ^b Talbot, Charlotte (9 January 2017). "Star Wars Millennium Falcon could provide intergalactic backdrop for new Longcross garden village". Surrey Live. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ MacLachlan, Kate (11 July 2021). "The lost barracks of Surrey: Three former Army facilities and what became of them". Surrey Live. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Old School Cafe]". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
^ 'Parishes: Chertsey', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 403-413 Readable online at British History. The University of Portsmouth and Others Accessed 21 March 2015].
^ Conn, David; Davies, Harry; Cutler, Sam (14 April 2021). "Revealed: the huge British property empire of Sheikh Mohammed". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

External links

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[Chertsey_Museum-1] "Lyne and Longcross". Chertsey Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[2] Population statistics.

[3] ttps://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/components/stdListComponent.asp?menuopt=12&subcomp=100 Nomis Web UK Labour Market and other statistics from the 2011 UK Census

[4] Guildford Diocese Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Redundant Churches

[SL_Jan_2017-6] Talbot, Charlotte (9 January 2017). "Star Wars Millennium Falcon could provide intergalactic backdrop for new Longcross garden village". Surrey Live. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[7] MacLachlan, Kate (11 July 2021). "The lost barracks of Surrey: Three former Army facilities and what became of them". Surrey Live. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[8] "Old School Cafe]". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.

[9] 'Parishes: Chertsey', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 403-413 Readable online at British History. The University of Portsmouth and Others Accessed 21 March 2015].

[10] Conn, David; Davies, Harry; Cutler, Sam (14 April 2021). "Revealed: the huge British property empire of Sheikh Mohammed". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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+'''Longcross''' is a village in the [[Borough of Runnymede]] in [[Surrey]], England, approximately {{convert|34.6|km}} west of central London. Its name is thought to come from a marker, placed where the parish boundaries of [[Chertsey]], [[Chobham]] and [[Egham]] met.<ref name=Chertsey_Museum>{{cite web |url=https://chertseymuseum.org/lyne-longcross |title=Lyne and Longcross |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher= Chertsey Museum |access-date= 17 June 2020 }}</ref>
-'''Longcross''' is a small [[village]] in [[Surrey]], [[England]]. Situated between [[Virginia Water]], [[Chertsey]] and [[Chobham, Surrey|Chobham]], it consists of a number of houses spread out along Longcross Road (the B386) and a few subsidiary roads.
+==Description==
-The census ward is ''Foxhills'' which includes '''Longcross''' together with [[Lyne, Surrey|Lyne]], [[Ottershaw]] and [[Addlestone]]. 5,467 people live within this area.<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5942935&c=KT16+0DP&d=14&e=16&g=491479&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1 Population statistics].</ref>
+South Longcross consists of large houses along one long, hilly road with a few closes.  North Longcross has two, adjoining, scheduled for early 2020s-final phase completion housing estates including '''Upper Longcross''' on a shorter road before the next settlement, the south of Virginia Water, [[Trumps Green]] which is an older mixture of former workers' cottages, a little semi-detached stock, large houses and public woodland. The village is otherwise very [[buffer zone|buffered]] however has a transport link: its [[Longcross railway station|rail station]] on the [[Waterloo to Reading Line]].  All of its clusters are between [[Virginia Water]], [[Sunningdale]], [[Windlesham]], [[Ottershaw]] and [[Chobham, Surrey|Chobham]].  It is bisected by the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]] (which is unusually in a large [[cutting (transportation)|cutting]]) into north and south components.
+==Politics and demography==
-== History ==
+In the local return of a panel of three councillors per ward of 5,000-6,000 people (see [[malapportionment|apportionment]]) its [[wards of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] is ''Foxhills'' (an estate towards Lyne, once the seat of John Ivatt Briscoe). It comprises Longcross together with [[Lyne, Surrey|Lyne]], [[Ottershaw]] and [[Addlestone]].<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5942935&c=KT16+0DP&d=14&e=16&g=491479&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1 Population statistics].</ref>
-Longcross's church is ''Christ Church''; it is a [[redundant church]] registered for disposal and the parish has merged with the parish of [[Lyne, Surrey|Lyne]]. The church is a [[Grade II listed]] building of mid-[[Victorian era|Victorian]] (1847)<ref>[http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/parishes/runnymede/longcross.shtml Guildford Diocese].</ref> origin comprising a nave, west porch, chancel, north organ chamber, and vestry. It is built of red brick with slate roofs.<ref>[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/diocesesparishes/rcsale/ Redundant Churches]</ref>
+In 2011 the village was again, for equal population of units (or half-sized units) purposes, split into three Output Areas totalling two and a half typical size, by taking in a small part of Ottershaw and of [[Wentworth Estate]].<ref>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/components/stdListComponent.asp?menuopt=12&subcomp=100 Nomis Web UK Labour Market and other statistics from the [[2011 UK Census]]</ref> These areas had a total population of 943 people.
-For a long time there was a [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] presence in Longcross. In [[World War II]], a tank factory and test track was built to the north of the village. Now no longer used for its original purpose, the site is currently owned by [[QinetiQ]], and there are plans to sell it off for commercial and residential development.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011|reason=just speculation without}}
-== Facilities ==
+==History==
+Longcross's church is ''Christ Church''; it is a [[redundant church]] registered for disposal and the parish has re-merged with the parish of [[Lyne, Surrey|Lyne]], itself a relatively late breakaway from Chertsey, but longer a [[chapelry]]. The church is a [[Grade II listed]] building of mid-[[Victorian era|Victorian]] (1847)<ref>[http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/parishes/runnymede/longcross.shtml Guildford Diocese] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929140535/http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/parishes/runnymede/longcross.shtml |date=2006-09-29 }}.</ref> origin comprising a nave, west porch, chancel, north organ chamber, and vestry. It is built of red brick with slate roofs.<ref>[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/diocesesparishes/rcsale/ Redundant Churches]</ref>
-'''Longcross''' has few public facilities of its own; exceptions include the Old School cafe and boarding kennels. The cafe has been a family run business for fifty years.<ref>[http://www.oldschoolcafe.co.uk/ Old School Cafe]</ref> There is no village centre, pub, or green. It is a dispersed village.
+For a long time there was a [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] presence in Longcross. In [[World War II]], the [[Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment]] was built to the north of the village, where [[vehicle armour|armoured vehicles]] were designed and tested.<ref name=Chertsey_Museum/> Now no longer used for its original purpose, the site was sold by [[QinetiQ]], and is now the site of [[Longcross Studios|Longcross Film Studios]], where the James Bond film ''[[Skyfall]]'' and several other films have been made since 2010.<ref name=SL_Jan_2017>{{Cite news |last= Talbot |first= Charlotte |date= 9 January 2017 |title= Star Wars Millennium Falcon could provide intergalactic backdrop for new Longcross garden village |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/star-wars-millennium-falcon-could-12420821 |access-date= 4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= MacLachlan |first= Kate |date= 11 July 2021 |title= The lost barracks of Surrey: Three former Army facilities and what became of them |work= Surrey Live |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/lost-barracks-surrey-three-former-21016442 |access-date= 4 April 2023 }}</ref>
-While technically there is a railway station known as [[Longcross railway station|Longcross station]], on Burma Road, this is poorly serviced and is not easily accessible from the village. The nearest station with a regular services is [[Virginia Water railway station|Virginia Water]]. There is no public bus service.
-== Today ==
+==Facilities==
+Longcross has few public facilities of its own; exceptions include the Old School café, boarding kennels and serviced offices. The café has been a family-run business for 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oldschoolcafe.co.uk/ |title= Old School Cafe] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929205606/http://www.oldschoolcafe.co.uk/ |archive-date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> There is no village centre, pub, or green. It is a dispersed village. By virtue of its farms, Chertsey lays claim to be the only predominantly London commuter town with an annual agricultural show. The show has since lost its agricultural component.<ref>'Parishes: Chertsey', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 403-413 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp403-413 Readable online at British History]. The University of Portsmouth and Others Accessed 21 March 2015].</ref>
-Longcross Road has no special speed restrictions, street lights or pavements, making it difficult and potentially dangerous to navigate the village on foot.
+===Public transport===
-A large portion of Longcross is taken up by the Longcross Estate, currently owned by [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]. There are public footpaths and bridleways leading through the estate and onto [[Chobham Common]], which extends to the east of the village.
+Train services from [[Longcross railway station]] to and from [[London Waterloo station|London Waterloo]] are operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]. The station adjoins the North or Upper Longcross development, a large new [[Garden city movement|Garden village]] constructed in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
+The railway station, linked by footpaths to the new North/Upper Longcross estates and at Burma Road, has been upgraded in services from a very minor (seldom) stop on the [[Waterloo to Reading Line|London Waterloo to Reading line]] to a normal minor stop. The next station with regular services is [[Virginia Water railway station|Virginia Water]], being a major stop on this main line and a branch line.
-Longcross is still the home of many Army families who occupy married quarters.
+No part of this hilly area of land has bus services &mdash; the far east of Longcross is {{convert|1|mi}} across sparse footpaths from services to [[Woking]] and Chertsey.
+==Today==
+Longcross Road has a partial footway, otherwise sandy mud verges, at one point reduced by trees and hill crest to nothing meaning South Longcross is hard to traverse on foot. The road leading [[boxing the compass|NNE]] into Trumps Green has footways and short section of normal verge, making [[Trumps Green]] an easy walk from the station/north area.
+A large portion of Longcross is taken up by the Longcross Estate, currently owned by [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= Conn |first1= David |last2= Davies |first2= Harry |last3= Cutler |first3= Sam |date= 14 April 2021 |title= Revealed: the huge British property empire of Sheikh Mohammed |work= The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/14/revealed-the-huge-british-property-empire-of-sheikh-mohammed |access-date= 4 April 2023}}</ref> There are public footpaths and bridleways leading through the estate and onto [[Chobham Common]], which spans from the south-west to the south-east of the village.
+On 2 January 2017, it was announced that Longcross was to be one of the sites of the government's proposed [[garden village]]s, ideally having around 5,000 new homes. A generous road expansion to the existing road to Trumps Green has been given, and the sites are served by rail and road with spare capacity.<ref name=SL_Jan_2017/>
 == References ==
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