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Woking is a large town in England, in the west of Surrey. It is about 30 minutes by train from London. Woking was formed around the station built there over 150 years ago to act as a junction between trains to the south coast and the necropolis railway to Brookwood Cemetery. Later, Woking was home to the first crematorium in the United Kingdom (St Johns) and the first mosque in the UK (on Oriental Road). It was also the location for Brookwood Cemetery, which was developed by the London Necropolis Company as an overflow burial ground for London's dead. It is now a dormitory town for commuters into London and Heathrow airport, and gives its name to a local government district with borough status. Woking is famous for its football club Woking F.C.. Michael Hale is a particularly famous football player from the town. It was also home to H.G. Wells, who had the Martians in The War of the Worlds land in the town, and to Dame Ethel Smythe. The Basingstoke Canal passes through Woking. Woking is the home of the McLaren Formula One team. There is a statue of a (Wellsian) Martian in the town centre. There is an exclusive residential area in the the south of the town called The Hockering. External links
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