It has 400 beds and a wide range of acute care services, including an Accident & Emergency department.

It is located between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25 motorway and is managed by Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

[2] In March 2022 it was announced that the 53 bed Abraham Cowley Unit, which had dormitory bedrooms and communal bathrooms, was to be demolished and replaced.

[3] The hospital radio station, Radio Wey started broadcasting to patients and staff from St Peters in 1965 and today also serves an area beyond the hospital's main catchment area.

[4] St Peter's Hospital is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) SSW of Chertsey railway station and has regular bus services to a wide range of towns.