The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institution was previously known as Battersea College of Technology and was located in Battersea Park, London. Its roots however, go back to Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education in London, including its poorer inhabitants.
The university's original Battersea campus, including its Great Hall
Stag Hill campus
Surrey Sports Park, opened in 2010 to replace the former university sport facilities.
The School of Management Building with the statue of Alan Turing in the middle distance.
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 145,673 inhabitants in mid-2022 est. The name "Guildford" is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames that flows through the town centre.
Image: Guildford Railway Station (geograph 7077929)
Image: 20 Quarry Street, Guildford
Image: Guildford & Cathedral of Surrey
Image: River Wey, Guildford geograph.org.uk 4429206
