Upper Halliford
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Upper Halliford is a small village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

, a part of Shepperton
Shepperton
Shepperton is a town in the borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England. To the south it is bounded by the river Thames at Desborough Island and is bisected by the M3 motorway...

, in England
England
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. It benefits from the presence of Upper Halliford railway station
Upper Halliford railway station
Upper Halliford railway station is in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains...

. The village lies to the south of the M3 within the circle of the M25
M25 motorway
The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...

. Neighbouring villages include Littleton
Littleton, Spelthorne
Littleton is a village in Surrey in the borough of Spelthorne, in the United Kingdom. It lies between Shepperton Green to the southeast and Laleham to the west. It also lies along the southern edge of the Queen Mary Reservoir.Littleton is the home of Shepperton Studios. Littleton was home to the...

 and Shepperton
Shepperton
Shepperton is a town in the borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England. To the south it is bounded by the river Thames at Desborough Island and is bisected by the M3 motorway...

.

The census area Halliford and Sunbury West has a population of 5,969.

Haillford is home to Halliford Film Studios, built in 1955 and one of the very first film studios devoted to TV commercial production. It is to this day a fully independent film studio used for commercials, small television productions and other short promos.

The village has a garden centre and rose nursery (Squires) as well as a small Baptist church and some shops.

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