Reigate place study

Question 1

Where is Reigate located?

Answer 1

South east England

Question 2

Where is Reigate located in relation to central London?

Answer 2

19 miles south

Question 3

Reigate is just south of the ………… and the ………… ………….

Answer 3

M25, North Downs

Question 4

What is the geology of Reigate?

Answer 4

Chalk hills and greensand ridge

Question 5

What hills are iconic (geological perspective)?

Answer 5

Reigate Hill and Colley Hill

Question 6

What was Reigate’s population change between 2001 and 2011?

Answer 6

6.23% increase

Question 7

What is the largest age cohort? What is this representative of?

Answer 7

40-59 years - representative of higher than national average house prices

Question 8

What percentage of people in Reigate are white?

Answer 8

94.4%

Question 9

What least deprived decile is Reigate in?

Answer 9

10th

Question 10

What are two independent businesses in Reigate?

Answer 10

Sollo Barn London and Reigate Pop Up

Question 11

What is one important feature about Reigate’s physical geography?

Answer 11

Reigate Hill, chalk downs

Question 12

How has Reigate been described (in three adjectives)?

Answer 12

Leafy, affluent, desirable

Question 13

What are three important aspects of Reigate’s transport infrastructure?

Answer 13

• proximity to M25
• Reigate station has regular services to London Bridge, Victoria etc
• close to Gatwick Airport

Question 14

What is a piece of evidence that tell us Reigate is a commuter town?

Answer 14

Increasing house prices
(the average semi-detached house price in 2019 was £565602, in Surrey it was £518986 and England it was £233738)

Question 15

What are two roads/ neighbourhoods associated with a high standard of living?

Answer 15

• High Trees Road
• Pilgrims Way

Question 16

What are two ways localism is reported in Reigate?

Answer 16

• ‘Love Reigate’
• ‘Reigate Business Guild’

Question 17

What is an example of how the past is important to the present?

Answer 17

Pilgrims Way (footpath) -> Pilgrims Brewery

Question 18

What percentage of people are managers, directors and senior officials in Reigate Hill?

Answer 18

18.9%

Question 19

What percentage of people are managers, directors and senior officials in South Park and Woodhatch?

Answer 19

10%

Question 20

What percentage of people claim benefits on Reigate Hill?

Answer 20

1.4%

Question 21

What percentage of people claim benefits in South Park and Woodhatch?

Answer 21

3.9%

Question 22

What is a way by which Reigate is shaped by external cooperations?

Answer 22

Willis Towers Watson

Question 23

What are examples of places that are important to the community in Reigate?

Answer 23

• Priory Park
• Old Reigatians Rugby Club

Question 24

What are three things that have remained the same from the 1950s?

Answer 24

• castle
• town hall
• golf course (Reigate Heath)