Ewell
| Ewell | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
Dog Gate to Bourne Hall gardens, Ewell | |
Saint Mary the Virgin, parish church | |
Ewell 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 the Epsom and Ewell district, 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.