Ottershaw

Ottershaw

Coordinates: 51°21′46″N 0°31′50″W / 51.3628°N 0.5306°W / 51.3628; -0.5306

Ottershaw
Ottershaw is located in Surrey
Ottershaw

 Ottershaw shown within Surrey
Population 3,687 [1]
District Runnymede
Shire county Surrey
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHERTSEY
Postcode district KT16
Dialling code 01932
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Runnymede and Weybridge
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Ottershaw is a village in the Runnymede district of Surrey, England about 20 miles to the south-west of London. It is part of the Foxhills ward in the census.

Immediately surrounding towns and villages include West Byfleet, Woodham, Weybridge, Addlestone, New Haw and Chertsey.

The Ottershaw Society has carried out a comprehensive Historical Survey of the village that records the current village and its historical background. It is illustrated with over 1,000 photographs of the village as it is now and many historical illustrations from the mid C19th to the present time, plus older residents memories and various other historical written material.

A significant landmark is Christ Church. This was the gift of one man, Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke (1813–1890) who came to live in Ottershaw in 1859. He provided sufficient land from his estate for a church, churchyard and vicarage, paid all the construction costs and endowed the church with £100 per year.[2] There is a junior school linked to this church.[3] The village has two pubs - the Otter (which is also a restaurant) and the ever popular Castle (in Brox Road, frequented by many locals and particularly popular with the local teaching community). The other main eatery is the Spicy Cottage restaurant (known to locals as "the Spicy").

In the book The War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells the fictional narrator is invited to an observatory in Ottershaw.

Oliver James a musician and actor was born in 1980 in Ottershaw. The historian John Romer was born and educated in Ottershaw. Ottershaw is also famous for the high number of wild parrots which have settled in the area.

Ottershaw park has an active Sunday league and 5-A-Side scene, including the long established Ladz United FC (nicknamed "the Parrots"- due to the local Parrot population or "the teachers" due to certain founding members being teachers and being so well respected in the community).

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See Also

Ottershaw School*Ottershaw School

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