Ewell
| Ewell | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
Dog Gate to Bourne Hall gardens, Ewell | |
Saint Mary the Virgin, parish church | |
Location within Surrey | |
| Area | 14.09 km2 (5.44 sq mi) |
| Population | 34,872 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 2,475/km2 (6,410/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ2263 |
| • London | 12.1 mi (19.5 km) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EPSOM |
| Postcode district | KT17 KT19 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Ewell (/ˈjuːəl/ ⓘ YOO-əl, inf. /ˈjuːl/ YOOL) is a town in Surrey, England, 12 miles (19 kilometres) south of central London and two miles (three kilometres) northeast of Epsom. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 34,872. The majority (73%) was in the ABC1 social class, except the Ruxley Ward that is C2DE.
Ewell was founded as a spring line settlement, where the permeable chalk of the North Downs meets the impermeable London Clay, and the Hogsmill River (a tributary of the River Thames) still rises at a spring close to Bourne Hall in the village centre. Recorded in Domesday Book as Etwelle, the settlement was granted a market charter to hold a market in 1618. The town is contiguous with the Greater London suburbs.