Woking

Woking is a large town in the west of Surrey, England, about 30 minutes by train from London. Woking was formed around the railway station built over 150 years ago at the junction between trains to the south coast, the south-west of England and the necropolis railway to Brookwood Cemetery. This cemetery was developed by the London Necropolis Company as an overflow burial ground for London's dead. Later, Woking was home to the first crematorium in the United Kingdom (St Johns) and the first mosque in the UK (on Oriental Road).

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Surrey - England - London - Railway station - South-west of England - Brookwood Cemetery - Cemetery - London Necropolis Company - Crematorium - Mosque

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It is now a dormitory town for commuters into London and Heathrow airport, and gives its name to a local government district with borough status.

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Dormitory town - Commuters - London - Heathrow airport - Local government district - Borough

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