23 Facts About Egham

Egham is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 19 miles west of central London.

In 1215, Magna Carta was sealed by King John at Runnymede, to the north of Egham, having been chosen for its proximity to the King's residence at Windsor.

Egham station was opened in 1856 on the line from Waterloo to Reading and services are operated today by South Western Railway.

Egham predates c 670 AD when Chertsey Abbey was founded; one of the earliest Chertsey charters mentions Egeham.

Manor of Egham, which includes Runnymede, belonged formerly and in 1215 to Chertsey Abbey, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries became the property of the Crown, though granted to various tenants at different times.

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Parts of Egham have featured in national and international news in the 21st century.

In December 2008, Egham was at the centre of a controversy due to possible traffic impact on the three level crossings in the town to be kept in situ under the abandoned Heathrow Airtrack project.

Occasional flooding of Runnymede and parts of Egham Hythe have taken place following exceptional Thames Valley winter rainfall.

Egham once lay within the Godley hundred, which lay in the early medieval period within Windsor Forest in a part of it which was subject to a long-running dispute as to whether it lay within the historic county boundaries of Surrey or Berkshire.

Egham Rural District was a Local Government District within the administrative county of Surrey.

Egham is situated within the Runnymede and Weybridge which has been consistently a Conservative Party hold over the last several General elections in the United Kingdom.

North of Egham is Wraysbury, home of the British Disabled Waterski Association.

Egham is home to CAB International Europe UK, which holds one of the world's largest collections of microorganisms and the HQ of Spectris PLC, a supplier of precision instrumentation and controls with 8900 employees worldwide.

Egham has been Ferrari's spiritual home in the United Kingdom in the listed Tower Garage.

Egham today contains a Ferrari, Maserati, and a Porsche dealership.

Egham has many pubs including The Kings Arms, The Foresters, The Happy Man, The Crown, The Beehive, The Armstrong Gun, The Barley Mow, The Bailiwick, The White Lion, Crosslands, Medicine, Tommy's Bar and Kitchen, Egham Band Hall, The Holly Tree, The Packhorse and The Red Lion.

The Spring Rise area of Egham is home to the United Services Club which was formed in 1921 and has recently become well known nationally for the three Real Ale festivals it holds every year.

Egham Cricket Club is a club with several sides and an Academy grouped into four age groups from age 11.

Egham is home to Egham Fencing Club, a club founded in 1976 dedicated to the sport of fencing.

Egham Museum is a small museum based in the Literary Institute, telling the story of the region from pre-history to the present day.

Strode's College is an institution in Egham dating back to 1706 and was a grammar school before being designated a sixth form college in 1975.

Magna Carta School, formerly Hythe County Secondary and Egham Hythe Secondary Modern, is a comprehensive school in Egham Hythe.

St John's Church Egham is on Church Road, the continuation of the High Street, and is an evangelical Anglican church in the Diocese of Guildford.