56-648: The Leyland-MCW Olympian was an integral single-deck bus built by Weymann Coachbuilders of Addlestone for the Metro Cammell Weymann group using Leyland Tiger Cub mechanical units. British Electric Traction subsidiary Western Welsh Omnibus Co took one in 1954, 40 in 1956 and six in 1958. Trinidad Bus Service had four in 1956 (the one pictured in the MCW official picture carries a Tiger Cub badge.) and John Fishwick & Sons took six in 1957. The 1954 show bus and prototype went to Jones, Aberbeeg whilst
112-399: A 2011-completed business (office) estate, Aviator Park, in glass and steel which has landscaped verges with trees, shrubs and grass. Some of which has been since converted into housing. In July 2015, Bouygues Development commenced work on a new, large scale town centre regeneration called, "Addlestone ONE". Located along Station Road and next to Runnymede Civic Centre, when complete in 2017,
168-416: A deposit, head , forms the main sediment of latest age. Head comprises angular pieces of rock and soil derived locally from the extensive frost-shattering of rocks and the subsequent movement of this material down valley slopes. Soil is predominantly " loamy soil with naturally high groundwater". Woburn Hill has "slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soil". New Haw ,
224-488: A destitute or dangerous position. They were conducted on the separate homes system, and are supported by voluntary contributions, with a Treasury allowance for children committed under the Industrial Schools Act. Addlestone's schools were mostly founded in this period: St. Paul's Primary School, built 1841, enlarged 1851 and 1885, initially for girls and infants. Chertsey Urban District took over all roles of
280-405: A fitness centre. An underground Visitor and Learning Centre is connected to the main building by a walkway. A 145-metre-long (476 ft), rectangular-circuit shaped wind tunnel is located at one end of the building. Team McLaren uses it for testing and development of aerodynamic parts, as well as testing aerodynamic set-ups. The tunnel contains 400 tonnes of steel and the air is propelled by
336-475: A four-metre-wide (13 ft) fan that rotates at up to 600 rpm . The Technology Centre consolidated all aspects of the McLaren Group at one site, instead of the 18 separate sites previously occupied. McLaren's original application to build a new headquarters was made in 1995 and was unopposed by Woking Borough Council , however the development of such a large industrial site in green belt land led
392-588: A picnic. The tree is one of the main historic features of the town, and consequently several local businesses use its name in their title. It survived an arson attack in September 2007. Ongar Hill , in the 18th century a country house and farm now smaller homes and motorway, belonged to Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker the elder (d. 1782) instrumental in the Seven Years' War against Spanish interests in India and
448-534: A single example was exported to Ceylon, the sole left hand drive example was sold to China in 1958, all 60 were single door. The Olympian for China not only differed from the other 59 in being left hand drive, it was fitted with a Pneumocylic semi-automatic gearbox. Initially finished in cream and orange, it made landfall at Hsinkang and was used by the Beijing authority on experimental suburban express routes. No further were purchased and it seems not to have influenced
504-445: Is a large house built in 1815 spread over three storeys, that features a moulded cornice and fluted Greek Doric columns to its porch with an iron balustrade above it forming a balcony in front of a central window of the floor above. Row Hill forms a residential estate with shops of a butcher, baker and electrical appliance store that is contiguous with Addlestone to its west. These shops are on Ongar Hill not Row Hill and hence
560-402: Is home to the ancient Crouch Oak tree, under which it is said Queen Elizabeth I picnicked. It also marked the edge of Windsor Forest before it was largely cut down for fields and settlements. Elevations range between 11 metres (36 ft) and 40 metres (130 ft). The maximum is on Row Hill recreation ground, Row Town, Addlestone; a ridge that continues to the northwest of Row Town where it
616-725: Is known as Ongar/Spinney Hill, where Great Grove Farm in its centre also reaches this height; the minimum is by the Thames and along the Woburn Park Stream which is the main distributary of The Bourne the main waterway of the village, a stream rising as the Windle Brook in Windlesham cutting a shallow ravine, flowing past the McLaren Technology Centre and Woodham then passing to the east of
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#1732773360272672-658: Is mentioned in H. G. Wells ' book The War of the Worlds , in which the second of ten Martian invasion ships (called 'cylinders') lands at the Addlestone Golf Links. This is probably a reference to New Zealand Golf Club (founded 1895) on Woodham Lane – the road from Woking to Addlestone – and not the Abbey Moor Golf Course which was only established in 1989. Addlestone Library is co-located with Runnymede Borough Council and Addlestone Police in
728-466: Is operated South Western Railway and is served by services running between London Waterloo and Guildford . Journey times to London Waterloo are between 30 and 50 minutes. London Heathrow Airport is located 10.8 miles from Addlestone to which it is connected by bus services and the M25. Addlestone has four principal bus services. An hourly service to Slough via Staines upon Thames and Windsor and in
784-399: Is pumped through a series of heat exchangers to cool the building and to dissipate the heat produced by the wind tunnels. The main working space of the building is split into 18 metre wide sections known as 'fingers' that are separated by six-metre-wide (20 ft) corridors known as 'streets'. Facilities for employees include a 700-seat restaurant, a juice and coffee bar, a swimming pool and
840-467: Is the administrative centre of the Borough of Runnymede , of which it is the largest settlement. Addlestone is approximately 10 miles (16 kilometres) northeast of Guildford and 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (30 km) southwest of London. Narrow green buffers separate the town from Weybridge , Chertsey and Ottershaw . There is no precisely defined southern boundary with New Haw . Addlestone
896-481: The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren at the new facility. Ron Dennis explained one of his rationales for the project in 2000: "Put a man in a dark room, he's hot, it smells bad, versus a guy in a cool room, well-lit, smells nice... When you throw a decision at those two individuals, who's going to be better equipped to effect good judgment and make a good decision?" McLaren employees started using
952-573: The Crown was content to lease the land rather than continue with a steward (office) so Sir William Fitz William (later his widow) held the whole Chertsey Beomond manor from 1550 to 1574; later Sir Francis Bacon held it for the infant Charles I who granted it specifically for his Queen, Henrietta Maria (of France) . During the Commonwealth of England , the government sold the manor to William Aspinall who sold 292 trees of Birch Wood there for
1008-642: The Department of the Environment to order a public inquiry. The Environment Secretary, John Gummer , gave the development his approval in March 1997 under rules which allow development in the green belt "in very special circumstances"; Gummer said the McLaren application was such a case due to the economic and business arguments of the proposals and that he took the view that "[McLaren] is exceptional, both in
1064-551: The McLaren Group Headquarters in a sale-leaseback transaction for £170 million. The transaction was expected to close in the second quarter of 2021 and included a 20-year, NNN lease with no landlord obligations. The McLaren Group is said to have pursued the sale-and-leaseback deal to help deliver a financial boost, as it allows it to capitalize the expansive facility in Woking and then reinvest that money into
1120-708: The Navy; however taken back by the Crown at the Restoration of the monarchy and the first of many leases was granted; the first lease was to the first Lord Holles . For example, from 1779 to 1803 the Duke of Bridgwater held it and from an unknown date until 1827 the British Commander-in-Chief Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany , famed for the nursery rhyme and the Duke of York Column by St James's Palace and Carlton Terrace
1176-698: The Philippines and in the American War of Independence involved with action containing French forces based in Martinique . Sayes Court, Addlestone, now a junior school and residential estate before demolition was a country house of a family named Moore from the 17th to the end of the 18th century. In 1823 it became the property of Sir Charles Wetherell, Recorder (judge) of Bristol, who had it rebuilt or at least considerably altered. Addlestone, including St George's College 's grounds of Woburn Park and
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#17327733602721232-648: The Project B45 Leyland Olympian in 1980. LW was the bodybuilder's identity for the vehicle, it could have stood for Leyland Weymann, or Light Weight, probably the latter. One of the Fishwick buses is preserved. Addlestone Addlestone ( / ˈ æ d əl s t ən / or / æ d əl s t oʊ n / ) is a town in Surrey , England . It is located approximately 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (30 kilometres) southwest of London. The town
1288-634: The Runnymede Civic Centre built in 2008 at a cost of £12,700,000 with atriums and courtyards on Station Road and opposite Addlestone Health Centre. Its main road is Station Road which has many shops, two supermarkets, Addlestone Methodist Church , a doctors' NHS surgery, the Aviator business park and the Eileen Tozer Day Centre; the civic centre of Runnymede borough council is on this street. Station Road hosts
1344-658: The Year" award in February 2022 after its president, Barrie de Suys, aged 87, walked 2,400 0.6 mile laps of the park during lockdown for the club. He also raised over £10,000 for the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Formed in 1931 it was reduced to five members at the start of the 2021, recovering to forty members by the end of that Season. In 2022 it increased its membership to one hundred and five, making it
1400-530: The athletics track in Woburn Park which is now St George's RC College. Lyne FC play at Jubilee High School. The now-defunct Addlestone & Weybridge Town were established as Addlestone Town in 1885 and played at their ground in Liberty Lane until their dissolution in 1985. There is now housing on the site of the club's ground. A Rocket League esports team managed by local gamers. Addlestone
1456-587: The direction of Chinese bus design. In his Classic Blunderbus column on the type in Classic Bus 63, the current Buses Magazine editor Alan Millar explained that it was a lightweight version of the Leyland-MCW Olympic , and as that used Leyland Royal Tiger or Royal Tiger Worldmaster components, so this used Leyland Tiger Cub units. The name Olympian was he says adopted because Olympic Cub would have sounded "plain daft"; that said Leyland coded
1512-681: The facility in May 2003. McLaren has not disclosed the project's cost, but BBC News suggested a figure of £ 300m. A second facility, the McLaren Production Centre, was built beside the McLaren Technology Centre in 2011 and serves as the production site of McLaren Automotive 's road cars, including the McLaren 720S and McLaren Senna . Planning permission for an extension to the McLaren Production Centre
1568-689: The fastest growing bowls club in England. It also runs the largest junior section in Bowls Surrey. In February 2023 it won a "Highly Commended" notice at the Runnymede Borough Council Civic Awards. It runs an annual Open Days at the end of May. Abbey Rangers play at Addlestone Moor, on the Thames winter flood meadows (prior to the construction of the Thames Barrier ) next to the disused Woburn Arms and
1624-437: The form of Green Belt buffer land mentioned. The M25 motorway accounts for the relatively large proportion of land devoted to roads for the density of population and housing. The name Addlestone probably means "Attel's Denu": the valley belonging to a Saxon named Attel. Addlestone, historically called Atlesdon or Atlesford, was a part of Chertsey ecclesiastical parish , the basic unit of civil administration. In 1241
1680-560: The greatest proportion of privately rented homes, Addlestone North of socially rented homes. Housing in Chertsey South and Row Town which is mostly Row Town was, in 2011, 86% owner-occupied with or without a loan, the third highest proportion in Runnymede. Offices and factories are below the local averages for areas within the M25 – the most common land use being parks, playing fields, flood meadows/woodland, farms and golf courses in
1736-416: The ice sheets did not extend to Surrey but sand and gravel deposits swept towards the fledgling River Thames were spread in all lower parts. Gravel terraces at various heights on the valley sides are the remnants of successive floodplains, the highest terrace being the oldest and the lowest the youngest. The most prominent terraces mark the former levels of the Thames in north Surrey. Along tributary slopes,
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1792-482: The largest number of people of the three wards [Chertsey, Addlestone, and Outer Ward] into which the Chertsey Urban District was divided, and the number of new houses shows the growing character of the neighbourhood. On Station Road, a large Blériot aircraft factory was built in 1917; its several hundred aeroplanes were taken by road to Brooklands for final assembly and test flying. In the 1950s
1848-715: The local football team, Hythe Hornets. Heading north from the town, towards the Addlestonemoor five-way, two-lane roundabout is a Grade II listed building at the renaming Brighton Road to Chertsey Road, the George Inn, This Inn is a Tudor Period building with 18th century and later alterations and has three gables facing the road. It is now boarded up. Almost opposite is another listed building split into two houses: nos 114–116 Chertsey Road, early 19th century, slate-roofed houses with sash windows . Woburn Hill
1904-638: The motorway network and other north–south roads, the A319 that links in towards routes to Berkshire and the A320 road that is convenient for closer areas of Thames Valley corridor , and the A318 to Brooklands with its museum, luxury hotel and retail park and the A3 road Painshill interchange between Hersham and Cobham towards London. The M25 can be accessed from Addlestone at junction 11. Addlestone railway station
1960-617: The name Ongar Parade, also known locally as "Top shops" due to being at the top of Row Town. Addlestone Moor has a public house , now closed 08/2013, now a Day Nursery, flood meadows, a sports pitch and a mobile home park. It is also home to the Runnymede Rockets BMX Club . Its roundabout marks on the closer side of town has five exits and is used for motorway access from primarily Addlestone, Weybridge , Shepperton , Laleham and Chertsey. The town's lawn bowls club, Addlestone Victory Park, won Bowls England's "Story of
2016-471: The nearside front wheel; The Tiger Cub's water filler cap was higher mounted and generally hidden by a sprung flap. With 60 built and six exported this was the least successful postwar Leyland single deck, none were built after the Chinese example even though Leyland Motors were still advertising its availability in a 1964 booklet. But Leyland kept hold of their registration of the name, and it came in handy for
2072-415: The original McLaren Technology Centre, which acts as the main headquarters for the group, and the newer McLaren Production Centre , primarily used for manufacturing McLaren Automotive cars. The main building is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by architect Norman Foster and his company, Foster + Partners . The building was short-listed for the 2005 Stirling Prize , which
2128-658: The other direction to the Brooklands retail park operates: bus 51: Another service with 2 buses per hour is the 461 which goes from Chertsey to Kingston upon Thames and bus 446 between Woking and Staines upon Thames . McLaren Technology Centre The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a 500,000 m (50 ha) site in Woking , Surrey , England. The complex consists of two buildings:
2184-554: The parish and of the " Godley Hundred " under the Local Government Act 1894 . A boys' school was added in 1901. New Ham School was built in 1874. St. Augustine's School (Church) for infants was built in 1882, and Chapel Park (a church-sponsored School) in 1896. A Baptist chapel was built in Addlestone in 1872, and a Wesleyan chapel in 1898. Another ecclesiastical district of Addlestone, though today separated now by
2240-459: The place was listed as "Attelsdene" and by 1610 John Speed 's map shows "Adleston", halfway between named hills St. Annhill and St. Georg Hill , just south of the Thames . The Crouch Oak , an oak tree believed to have originated in the 11th Century, is an important symbol of the town. It used to mark the boundary of Windsor Great Park . Legend says that Queen Elizabeth I stopped by it and had
2296-547: The project will create 213 new homes, a Premier Inn hotel, a Waitrose supermarket, a premium 6-screen cinema operated by The Light Cinemas, new public spaces, various restaurants and shops as well as a multi-storey car park . The Ground Breaking Ceremony for the development took place on 23 October 2015 and was officiated by Foreign Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond. A 2023 review highlighted that Station Road, Addlestone high street has more pot holes than open businesses operating in
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2352-637: The quality of its products and its achievements." Work on the project, originally known as the Paragon Technology Centre, started in 1998 and about 4,000 construction workers were involved in what the Financial Times said "[was] claimed to be the biggest privately funded construction project in Europe." In February 2000, DaimlerChrysler purchased 40 percent of the McLaren Group and McLaren subsequently announced it would build
2408-426: The remaining farms and water meadows designated Green Belt were the western strip of Chertsey Manor or Chertsey Beomond Manor (to distinguish it from others), possessed by Chertsey Abbey from the grant of land by Frithwald , subregulus of Surrey , at a date between the years 666 and 675 CE until the dissolution of the monasteries . Adam de Woburn lived at Woburn Park in 1260 Only thirteen years after 1537
2464-509: The residential development of New Haw , called Woodham and closer to the major town of Woking was formed in 1902 on what were the boundaries of Chertsey parish and Horsell parish. By 1911 the ecclesiastical district and ward Addlestone could be considered to have outstripped the original centre of the parish, Chertsey, in importance. According to the Victoria County History published in that year: This ward contains
2520-465: The site was taken over by Weymann to build buses and coaches who built the prototype of the AEC Routemaster bus ceasing trade in the mid-1960s. Caddy's acquired part of the site to manufacture taxis followed in 1967 by Plessey which moved from Chessington . In 1990, the site was used by Marconi . These companies were important local employers. By 2000 the site was derelict. The site
2576-586: The southern part of the Addlestone post town and historically a part has "freely draining slightly acid loamy soils"; so does Great Grove Farm. West of the M25 as far as the centre of Ottershaw is a belt of "slightly acid loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage" soil. At the 2001 census, Addlestone was recorded as having a population of 16,657, making it the largest settlement in the Borough of Runnymede. The four wards in Addlestone have their own semi-permanent (land use) profiles: Addlestone Bourneside has
2632-534: The town centre regeneration project. With one large pot hole directly outside the project containing its own pot hole within its self. When interviewed, one local upstanding resident was quoted as saying "there is less craters on the moon, than on the road through Addlestone to Ottershaw" "The council could look at opening multiple new public swimming pools in a few of the pot holes". Station Road joins into surrounding A-roads in all directions, including non-principal " Brighton Road" which has since become superseded by
2688-457: The type HRC (or, for the sole left hand drive version, ELC) where HR or EL was a mnemonic for "Olympic" and C meant "Cub". Completed examples were only 3cwt lighter than Tiger Cub chassis with the same maker's body. In appearance there was little to tell them apart save that the Olympian was differently badged and had a water filler cap aperture mounted behind and slightly above the centre line of
2744-570: The village. Eminences of the Bagshot Sand stand out above the river most notably the western hills mentioned and Woburn Hill which is 25 metres (82 ft) AOD compared to St Ann's Hill, Chertsey 's 61 metres (200 ft), however, is part of the landscape critical to Woburn Park and the private gardens of Woburn Hill. Major climate changes in Britain causing sea level changes in the last 2.58 million years , with mini Ice Ages ,
2800-539: The wider-area community. There are two state-funded secondary schools in Addlestone: Chertsey High School and Jubilee High School . Philip Southcote School is a state-funded special school located in Addlestone. St George's College is privately funded . The school relocated from Croydon to Woburn Park in 1884. All non-junior parts of the school occupy Woburn Park, Addlestone. Regular football matches are played on this field by
2856-478: Was built. McLaren is also planning an extension to this building to be used as an applied technology centre , as well as to house a new wind tunnel and simulator for McLaren Racing. The wind tunnel became operational by October 2023. The building is accompanied by a series of artificial lakes: one formal lake directly opposite that completes the circle of the building, and a further four 'ecology' lakes. Together they contain about 50,000 m³ of water. This water
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#17327733602722912-490: Was granted in 2016. This "applied technology centre" will include "an aerodynamic research facility, workshops, research and development space, offices, meeting rooms, teaching and training space, vehicle preparation and assembly spaces, together with terraced car parking and two car park decks, cycle parking, a replacement helipad, and service areas." On April 20, 2021, New York Stock Exchange listed REIT , Global Net Lease (NYSE: GNL), announced that they had agreed to acquire
2968-543: Was in Addlestone and was built in 1836–8. Addlestone chapel was added in 1868. The Village Hall was built in 1887 by the Addlestone Village Hall Company. The Princess Mary Village Homes at Addlestone were established by the organisation and patronage of the Duchess of Teck (Princess Mary of Cambridge) in 1871: certified industrial schools for female children of prisoners, or children otherwise in
3024-558: Was redeveloped in the early 2010s as a business park: Aviator Park . Some of the offices have since been converted into flats with more housing being built behind. Runnymede Civic Centre , which houses the offices of Runnymede Borough Council , Addlestone Police Station and the local library, opened in 2008. There are a range of state-funded primary schools in Addlestone which include St Paul's C of E Primary School, Ongar Place, Sayes Court, The Holy Family Catholic Primary School and Darley Dene Infant school. A few nurseries also serve
3080-504: Was tenant of the lands. In the 1740s, the famed gardener, Philip Southcote , chose to construct a two-storey house. Now a Grade II listed building , it was also named Woburn Park, with an original ornamented farm ( ferme ornée ) on Woburn Hill with fields for cattle or crops, decorated with statues, grotto, vases, temples, archways and other features, much of which survives as part of St George's College . The subsequent owners of Woburn Park were: Chertsey poor law union 's workhouse
3136-589: Was won by the Scottish Parliament building . By 2015, approximately 1,500 people worked at the Technology Centre. The Technology Centre also serves as the home to McLaren Racing , McLaren Automotive, and other companies of the McLaren Group. It was also the main setting of McLaren's cartoon, Tooned . In 2011, the size of the centre was doubled after a second building, the 34,500 m (371,000 sq ft) McLaren Production Centre,
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