Cobham Endogenous and Exogenous (near place)

Question 1

(Endo) Location of Cobham

Answer 1

Village in the borough of Elmbridge, Surrey.
17 miles SW of London and 10 miles NE of Guildford.
River Mole runs on the west side of Cobham

Question 2

(Endo) Topography of Cobham

Answer 2

Next to River Mole (tributary of Thames) - flat land and fertile soil for farming.
Mainly flat - 70ft to 135ft above sea level.

Question 3

(Endo) Physical Geography of Cobham

Answer 3

Slow permeable soil and seasonally wet.
Fertile soil, built on River Mole floodplain - prone to flooding and infrastructural restrictions.

Question 4

(Endo) Land use of Cobham

Answer 4

Linear village settlement
Agricultural past
Industrial history - Cobham mill
Today, a residential settlement with 3,744 homes and a commercialised high street.

Question 5

(Endo) Built environment of Cobham

Answer 5

Houses are a mixture of semi-detached and terrace Victorian and Georgian houses.

Question 6

(Endo) Infrastructure of Cobham

Answer 6

M25 Motorway and A3 dual carriageway provide good transport for CObham.
Cobham and Stoke D’abernon train station - 35 mins to London waterloo.
Heathrow and Gatwick within 30 miles.

Question 7

(Endo) Demographic of Cobham

Answer 7

6,564 population, Average age is 40 (just over national average), 91% white (6% over UK average),

Question 8

(Endo) Economic state of Cobham

Answer 8

45% have a level 4 education qualification - thus avg salary of £43,000, unemployment rate of 1.2% (UK Avg - 3.8%), most workers are in tertiary or quaternary sector.

Question 9

(Exo) People in Cobham

Answer 9

Population increase of 7% since 1991, lots of London commuters, lots of celebrities and footballers - ‘Britains Beverly Hills’, 59% workers travel by car, 19% by train, Empty during day - Ghost Town feel.

Question 10

(Exo) Capital in Cobham

Answer 10

Chelsea FC moved training ground in 2005 to Cobham - influx of footballers raising affluence.
TNCs (sainsburys, waitrose, costa) replaced independent retailers - ‘Clone town’ feel
Removed green belt allows extra 1,000 houses to be built.

Question 11

(Exo) Resources of Cobham

Answer 11

M25 and A3 expansion mean more people driving past Cobham (noise, congestion, pollution), more people visiting local stores - positive multiplier effect.

Question 12

(Exo) Ideas of Cobham

Answer 12

Crown Estate gated mansion avg house price is well over £4.5 million,
44% Cobham housing worth over £1 mil, Modern housing replacing old character houses annoying locals, Affluent cobham bubble, gentrification due to inability to expand west with Mole, so locals forced out of homes, e.g. Crown Estate.