What is "guildford"

Guildford is a large town in Surrey, England, located southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth. It is the seat of the borough of Guildford.

Guildford has Saxon roots and historians attribute its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey was forded by the Harrow Way By AD 978 it was home to an early English Royal Mint. On the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal Guildford was connected to a network of waterways that aided its prosperity. In the 20th century, the University of Surrey and Guildford Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral, were added.

Due to recent development running north from Guildford, and linking to the Woking area, Guildford now officially forms the southwestern tip of the Greater London Built-up Area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics.

Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Anne Milton, a Conservative.

Guildford is a town in Surrey, England. It gives its name to Guildford (borough) and the Diocese of Guildford.

Guildford, Guilford, or Gildford may also refer to: