Godalming is a town in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, seven kilometres (four miles) south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous stockbroker belt commuter town for London. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny, France and Mayen, Germany. Friendship links are also in place between the state of Georgia, United States, and the city of Moscow, Russia. James Oglethorpe of Godalming and educated at Charterhouse School was the founder of the colony of Georgia.
It was recently voted, in a Channel 4 poll, the 4th best place to live in the UK .
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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