Claygate is an affluent suburban village in Surrey, England, 14 miles southwest of central London.
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Claygate appears in Domesday Book as a manor of Thames Ditton, Claigate.
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Claygate was formed as an ecclesiastical parish from Thames Ditton in 1841.
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Claygate's topsoil rests upon the youngest beds of the London Clay after which the village is named, here capped in places by sand in the southern part of the civil parish.
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Many of Claygate's residents commute to the capital using the train services, see Transport.
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Claygate is in the relatively small area between the M25 and Kingston-upon-Thames.
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Constrained by the Green Belt, demand has resulted in Claygate being subject to a level of permitted in-fill and back-garden development.
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Claygate has five pubs: one of the annual village traditions is a Boxing Day tour of these by Morris dancers.
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Local newspapers covering Claygate include The Surrey Advertiser, The Surrey Comet and The Herald, and two freely distributed newspapers, The Informer and The Guardian.
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Claygate School was established in Elm Road in 1885, becoming an Infant School which closed shortly after its centenary – The Firs, the Junior School, became the new single site.
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Claygate is served by a mix of state and independent schools that serve the areas of Esher and Hinchley Wood, all of which share the KT10 postcode.
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Claygate is served by a Parish Council made up of 10 elected representatives.
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Claygate is in the parliamentary constituency of Esher and Walton, which since its inception in 1997 has been a relatively safe seat for the Conservative Party.
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