Sheerwater

Sheerwater is a residential neighbourhood or small suburb of the Borough of Woking in Surrey, England, with a shared place of worship and occasionally described as a village, between West Byfleet and Horsell. Its border is defined to the north by a gently winding part of the Basingstoke Canal and to the south by the South Western Main Line which passes from cutting level to that of an embankment. The neighbourhood has some commerce and industry to its south, is linear, includes diverse green spaces to north and south and covers 0.92 square kilometres (0.36 sq mi) or 92 hectares (230 acres). Three teenage residents formed the band The Jam in the 1970s while attending Sheerwater's secondary school including Paul Weller — the remainder of the band he led also attended the school.