About St. Peter's Hospital
About St Peters
St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey is situated in greenbelt parkland between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25. It is 30 miles south west of central London and 10 miles from Heathrow Airport.
The main centres of population served by the hospital are Woking, Weybridge, Chertsey, Staines and Walton on Thames. Originally St. Peter’s Hospital was built to serve casualties of the Second World War. Over the years, the Hospital has been rebuilt, developed and extended to include maternity services, a department/clinic area and a new theatre complex.
In the early 1990s, the Duchess of Kent Wing which includes the Post Graduate Education Centre and modern well-equipped wards was opened. A new A&E, ITU and Orthopaedic Unit opened in the summer of 1998 and a £1.5m upgrading of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was opened in 2005. In 2006 two new wards were built onto the Duchess of Kent Wing.
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Local Area
Woking
The modern town on Woking grew rapidly after the development of the railway in the 19th century, and the last 20 years in particular have seen further investment in the Borough, particularly in retail, entertainment and leisure facilities
With its combination of attractive environment, excellent transport links and high standards of education and workforce skills, the Borough is a considered a high quality place in which to live and work. This is further enhanced by its reputation as the most energy-efficientlocal authority in the UK.
Woking Borough is made up of nine neighbourhood areas, covering 14 residential communities including the town centre, and contains approximately 40,000 households. These areas are completely surrounded by green belt land and attractive areas of countryside.
Chertsey
Chertsey today has a busy high street (Guildford Street) with a variety of shops and Restaurants. Chertsey Museum, the Abbey site, St. Peter’s Church and the Old Town Hall are in the town centre. The Museum features the nationally significant Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles and houses items of local history pertaining to the Borough of Runnymede.
Chertsey has good access to countryside and to the River Thames and reasonably priced places to stay. The award winning Chertsey Caravanning and Camping Club borders the River Thames at Chertsey Bridge. Chertsey Meads is a 170 acre site of open grassland fronting the River Thames, with wildlife habitats, walks and picnic areas. St. Ann’s Hill includes the site of a bronze age hill fort and medieval chapel. It rises to 240 ft and has commanding views over the Thames basin.
Runnymede Borough Council publishes rambles leaflets, four of which pass through Chertsey and two nature trails for St. Ann’s Hill and Chertsey Meads. To the south you can explore the Wey Navigation, which wends its way to Guildford, walk along the River Bourne and the Basingstoke Canal, which joins the Wey Navigation at New Haw. Local villages include Ottershaw, Lyne, Longcross, Thorpe and Virginia Water.
