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Gordon's School, Woking, UK

Hello from Gordon's School, Woking, Surrey GU24 9PT England!
This is an 11 to 18 state grant maintained boarding school, with just 
over four hundred pupils, a mixture of boys and girls.
The full title of the school is the National Memorial to General Gordon.  
More on our website!
 
Teacher: Maggie Cunningham (Science)
 
Pupils: Harriet Clough and James Underdown
Age: 13;  Year 8
 
 
The school is located in rolling concrete(!) It's surrounded by roads, 
but there is a lot of green space, about 50 acres, which we use as playing 
fields and recreation space. We are in the Surrey Heath Borough, population 
60,000, consisting of the town of Camberley and surrounding large villages .  
There is light industry in this area, but it is also agricultural , and 
residential, being close to several large towns eg Guildford and Woking.  
London is only 35 km away.  West End village is approx 9km NW of Woking, 
Surrey, very close to a motorway (M3).  
 
Our exact location is 51 18 N, 0 33 W.  
 
Altitude is approx 50m above sea level.  
 
Population of West End village is 3,346 from 1991 census.  
Woking population 86,765.  West End village is approx 1,452 hectares in area, 
and has approx 1221 households.  
The average population density is 2.3  
47% of the population are 30 to retirement age.  
10% of households have 2 or more cars.  
85% of houses are privately owned. 
Ethnicity of the area: 99% white.
 
We will be taking our readings at 11.00am each morning.
 
Weather readings: wind direction from weather vane on top of 30m high building.
Max/min thermometer on south facing wall, 1.5 m from the ground.
Dry/wet bulb thermometer, and barometer, in similar position.
Rain gauge on open ground, anemometer on very open ground (playing fields)
 
The weather here in late January and early February is generally cold, 
sometimes with snow.