Chertsey - Geography

Geography

Chertsey is part of the London commuter belt in the outermost part of the Greater London Urban Area and is served by Chertsey railway station and separated by all adjoining settlements by the buffer of designated areas of Green Belt. Chertsey is separated by 29 kilometres (18 mi) from London to their pinpointed centres; 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the administrative centre of Addlestone 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) from the county town, Guildford. The centre of the traditional yet commercial town centre, adjoined by an arcade to a medium size Sainsburys and car park to the south, is a conservation area. In addition to the more than 56 numbered houses/shops (42 buildings) nationally listed buildings, nine other buildings in the conservation area are locally listed. Outside of this across Chertsey a further 11 buildings are nationally listed for their architecture.

The character of this central area is very much that of a traditional small town with relatively narrow building frontages set hard up against the pavement so that the buildings clearly define the public space. The centre of the town is richly endowed with listed buildings most of which date from the 16th and 17th Centuries.