About the town » Ottershaw, Surrey, England, Great Britain

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.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. There is a junior school linked to this church. A boarding school for boys, Ottershaw School, was founded in 1948 and located in Ottershaw Park; it closed in 1980 and is now a residential estate.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-19th century to the present time, and includes older residents' memories and various other historical written material.