Map of Byfleet (from OpenStreetMap)

Map of Byfleet (from OpenStreetMap)

Byfleet is a village and suburb of Woking in Surrey, England. It is in the east of the borough between the River Wey and the River Mole, and is on the inside of the M25 motorway. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... 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OpenStreetMap of Chester OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, project create Free maps using data from portable GPS devices. ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The River Wey in Surrey is one of the Waterways in the United Kingdom and a tributary of the River Thames. ... The River Mole is a river in Southern England, rising in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flowing north. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

Local government

Byfleet was an ancient parish, and was included as a civil parish in the Chertsey Rural District from 1894 to 1933, before then being added to the Woking urban district in 1933 under a County Review Order, thus extinguishing its parish council. In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... The Local Government Act, 1929 (19 &20 Geo V, c17) made changes to poor law and local government in England and Wales. ...

Byfleet constitutes a civil parish and so has a parish council. The current parish was formed in 1989 [1]. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In May 2003, a group standing under an "Abolish Byfleet Parish Council" banner won election to the Parish Council and proceeded to seek its abolition. [2]

In June 2005 The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister refused to abolish the parish, despite its request. [3]. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ...

Transport

It is served by Byfleet and New Haw railway station Byfleet and New Haw railway station is served by the Waterloo via Weybridge railway service, operated by South West Trains. ...