Friday's testing and measurement hotspot was Egham, a Surrey town that is part of the Runnymede borough and is about 20 miles southwest of central London.
Despite its ancient origins - it already existed in the 7th century as part of Chertsey Abbey, known as Egca's Ham (farm or settlement) - Egham town is still quite small, with a population around 6,000.
The ancient parish included a large part of Windsor Great Park, Runnymede and Virginia Water and straddled the county border between Surrey and Berkshire.
In the 19th century, horse racing used to take place at Egham and the Inclosure (sic) Act of 1814 and subsequent awards made special stipulation that any enclosures interfering with the races were to be removed each August for the events to be held. The races ended in 1884.
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