Whiteley Village

The village is owned and administered by The Whiteley Homes Trust, a charity registered in the UK,[1] and provides over 250 almshouses for older people of limited financial means who are capable of independent living.

[2] The land on which the community sits is on the gravel-rich lower slopes of the much higher bank of the River Mole, Surrey, 10–15 metres above the level of the tributary.

[5] In addition to the care and housing provided, a major feature of Whiteley Village is that it consists of more than a hundred listed buildings, which together form an important collection of Arts and Crafts movement as it applies to a style of architecture.

[7] This movement was particularly a main style in and around the neighbouring area to the west which is partly in the parish of Weybridge, Saint George's Hill where W.G.

It remains a style occasionally used where building costs allow it to be implemented without forsaking its original decorative and traditional core principles.