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Surrey is a county in the south east of England and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London . Surrey shares borders with Kent to the east , East Sussex to the south - east , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west and south - west and Berkshire to the north - west . The county town is Guildford . Surrey County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames , administered as part of Greater London since ___MASK80___ . With a resident population of 1 . 1 million , Surrey is the most densely populated and third most populated county in the South East region , after Kent and Hampshire . Phil Mercer is an English radio presenter born in Reigate , Surrey . He currently presents the Sunday Gardening and Food show `` Garden Café '' with Sophie Grigson on BBC Radio Oxford West Sussex is a county in the south of England , bordering East Sussex ( with Brighton and Hove ) to the east , Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north , and to the south the English Channel . Chichester in the southwest is the county town and only city in West Sussex , with the largest towns being Crawley , Worthing and Horsham . West Sussex has a range of scenery , including wealden , downland and coastal . The highest point of the county is Blackdown , at ___MASK51___ metres ( ___MASK54___ ft ). It has a number of stately homes including Goodwood , Petworth House and Uppark and also castles such as Arundel Castle and Bramber Castle . Over half the county is protected countryside , offering walking , cycling and other recreational opportunities . Berkshire ( or , abbreviated Berks ) is a county in south east England , west of London . It was recognised as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of Windsor Castle by the Queen in ___MASK31___ and letters patent issued in ___MASK59___ . Berkshire is a county of historic origin and is a home county , a ceremonial county and a non - metropolitan county without a county council . Berkshire County Council was the main county governance from 1889 to 1998 except for the separately administered County Borough of Reading . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over ___MASK38___ smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Reigate is a town of over ___MASK97___ , 000 inhabitants in eastern Surrey , England . It is in the London commuter belt and one of three towns in the borough of Reigate and Banstead . It is sited at the foot of the North Downs and extends over part of the Greensand Ridge . Reigate has a medieval castle and has been a market town since the medieval period , when it also became a parliamentary borough . Surrey County Council is the county council administering major local services in the non - metropolitan county of Surrey in England . The council is composed of ___MASK99___ elected Councillors , the majority of whom are members of the Conservative party . The leader of the council is David Hodge . Kingston upon Thames , also known as Kingston , is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London . It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned . Kingston is situated southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan . Kingston lies approximately ___MASK6___ feet ( 10 metres ) above sea level . Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough , reformed in ___MASK89___ . It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893 , extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965 . Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area , but some areas north of Kingston railway station have the postcode KT2 instead . The population of the town itself , comprising the four wards of Canbury , Grove , Norbiton and Tudor , was 43 , 013 in the 2011 census . Hampshire (; abbreviated Hants , archaically known as the County of Southampton ) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom . The county town of Hampshire is Winchester , the former capital city of England . Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county in the United Kingdom ( excluding the metropolitan counties ) with almost half of the county ' s population living within the South Hampshire conurbation which includes the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth . The larger South Hampshire metropolitan area has a population of ___MASK32___ , ___MASK60___ , 000 . Hampshire is notable for housing the birthplaces of the Royal Navy , British Army , and Royal Air Force . It is bordered by Dorset to the west , Wiltshire to the north - west , Berkshire to the north , Surrey to the north - east , and West Sussex to the east . The southern boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent , facing the Isle of Wight .