Guildford

It was just this small town in Surrey. Then they finally finished the cathedral (and used it to film The Omen) and it... stayed this small town in Surrey. With a borough council (alternate DNS) and a small town centre. This is ludicrous, since Guildford has a cathedral (with bellringers), a ruined castle, and a university. I hail from the City of Peterborough, which only scores one out of three so far, but since its cathedral was set up several centuries before its governing body, Peterborough is a city.

We won't even mention the city of Ely. I knew I should have gone and studied in Edinburgh.

And would you believe that some people think that Guildford is a tiny village?

There's not much else to say, really. I've been living here, and that's about as interesting as it gets. If you really want to know more, you can consult:

• Guildford, the potted history and tour. Speaking of tours, you can tour Surrey via vintage bus.
• Guildford, the visitor's guide.
• Guildford Community.
• Guildford Live Festival at Stoke Park.
• Surrey county council. Home County drags itself kicking and screaming towards Silicon Valley. Everything is indexed somewhere in the Surrey web.
• Guildford Business Forum and Chamber of Commerce.
• Guildford College. Often mistaken for the University. And here's the nearby Surrey Institute of Art and Design. The Roehampton Institute is related to the University, but is in London. Not Surrey.
• Information on famous mathematicians associated with Guildford.

• uk.local.surrey newsgroup.
• What's on at the Odeon in Guildford? Good luck trying to use Odeon's website to find out. You're better off entering GU2 5XH in the postcode box at Film Unlimited. I strongly recommend Film Unlimited; on 21 April it was the only site indicating that Galaxy Quest had single late preview showings on the 22nd and 23rd of April 2000, which matched what the Odeon phone line (national automated: 0870 50 50 007, Guildford: 01483 569959) said. Even Odeon's own website didn't list the previews. (Okay, Yell listed them - but only on its second page, no mention of the name on its first - and its service has since gone offline.)
• Guildford Eye.
• There are now two internet cafes in Guildford - Quarks and Cafenet.
• County Sound is a radio station based in Guildford, along with its sister The Eagle. There's also BBC Southern Counties Radio, which is located on campus.
• Surrey web resources from the Surrey Advertiser.
• Surrey Police
• Guildford resources from Yahoo UK (Yahoo US mirror)
• local map around campus
• Dynamic map of Guildford, another map.
• South-West Trains provide trains to and from Guildford. Unfortunately.
• canal boats for cruising the canals and rivers are available.
• The Spectrum leisure complex is where a lot of it is at, and where the Guildford Flames play.
• Tourism in Surrey and places to visit
• a different guide and ukvillages guide to Guildford.
• Guildford, gout capital of the UK.