Guildford

Guildford ( ) is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 152,148 inhabitants in 2025. Its name is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames, that flows through the town centre.

The earliest evidence of human activity in the area is from the Mesolithic and Guildford is mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great from c. 880.