Woking

Woking is a large town with borough status in the county of Surrey. The history of Woking dates back to A.D. 673 when it was a settlement of the Wessex tribe. Woking has excellent rail links and has now become a popular commuter town for people working in London.

Woking has an excellent pedestrianised shopping centre that includes the Wolsey and Peacock shopping malls and an open-air market. For an evening out in Woking, visit the Chertsey Road area. Here you’ll find several restaurants and bars as well as the Ambassadors Cinemas and the New Victoria Theatre.

The McLaren Formula One racing team has its base near Woking as does Raikkonen Robertson Racing, the Formula Three team begun by Kimi Raikkonen.

Probably the most famous resident of Woking was the author H. G. Wells. In his book, ‘The War of the Worlds’ the Martians landed at Horsell common near Woking. There is a large sculpture of a Martian spaceship in the town that immortalizes this incident.

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