WOKING, a market town in the Farnham parliamentary division of Surrey, England, 24 m. S.W. of London by the S. railway. Pop. of urban district (1891) 9,786; (1931) 29,927. The modern town, which is growing rapidly, has sprung up near the site of an older town. The river Wey and the Basingstoke canal pass through the parish. St. Peter's church dates from the 13th century.
Modern structures include a public hall, and an Oriental institute including a museum of Eastern antiquities, a mosque built in 1889 and residences for Orientals. In the vicinity are a crematorium and Brookwood cemetery.