Surrey County Council's Headquarters opened in 1893 and has functioned as the administrative centre for the Authority ever since. The building has been extensively modernised and refurbished over the years, not least after the Ashcombe Suite was badly damaged on 6 July 1944. Today, County Hall is home to approximately 1,500 staff.

If you would like to know more about the history of County Hall, a free information leaflet, produced by the Council, is available below.

Address:

County Hall
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 2DW

Telephone numbers and email address:

County Hall can be contacted through the Contact Centre on 03456 009 009.

Other contact details:

Email: contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk
Fax: 020 8541 9575
Minicom: 020 8541 8914

Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday: 7.30am to 5.30pm
Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays : Closed

How to get here:

By road:

From the M25:

Leave the M25 at Junction 9 (for Leatherhead) and head northbound along the A243 (Leatherhead Road). Continue ahead through Malden Rushett and Chessington.  Continue ahead across both the Bridge Road and Cap in Hand (also known as Ace of Spades) roundabouts, and then ahead along Hook Road / Upper Brighton Road / Brighton Road.  After the railway bridge in Surbiton, take the first right into Victoria Road (B3370) and then at the roundabout, turn left into Claremont Road (B3363).  Continue ahead into Surbiton Crescent and at the end turn left into Surbiton Road.  Continue ahead into Penrhyn Road (A240) and County Hall is on the left.

From the A3 (Esher Common):

On leaving the A3 at Esher Common, turn onto the A244 (Copsem Lane / Claremount Lane). Continue ahead into Esher and into Church Street, then turn right into Esher Green. Continue ahead, and then turn left onto the A307 (Portsmouth Road). Continue ahead across the Scilly Isles roundabouts and then on into Kingston.  On reaching a mini-roundabout, turn right into Kingston Hall Road, then at the end, turn right at the roundabout onto Penrhyn Road (A240).  County Hall is a short distance ahead on the right.

From the A3 (Tolworth):

On leaving the A3 at Tolworth, turn onto the A240 (Tolworth Broadway / Ewell Road). Continue ahead into Surbiton and across at the main traffic lights into Surbiton Hill Road.  Continue ahead, across Maple Road, into Surbiton Road (A240) and ahead into Penrhyn Road (A240).  Count Hall is on the left.

By train:

County Hall is approximately 12 minutes walk from Kingston Train Station, which provides links to London Waterloo (via Wimbledon and via Richmond) and Shepperton, and approximately 18 minutes walk from Surbiton Train Station, which provides links to London Waterloo (fast, semi-fast and stopping), Hampton Court, Guildford via Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon, Guildford via Woking (at peak times only), Alton, Basingstoke and Woking (stopping and semi-fast).

By bus:

There are bus stops immediately outside and across the road from County Hall. A summary is shown below or view full details of all of these services.

The following buses stop near to County Hall.

We have more information on our disabled access at County Hall and have more photographs of County Hall.