Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.

The neighbouring districts are Runnymede, Woking, Guildford, Rushmoor, Hart, Bracknell Forest, and Windsor and Maidenhead.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time:^[2]

• Frimley and Camberley Urban District
• Bagshot Rural District

The new district was named "Surrey Heath" in recognition of the extensive areas of heathland it contains, including Chobham Common and Lightwater Country Park, which form part of the wider Thames Basin Heaths.^[3] The new district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.^[4]

Surrey Heath Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Surrey County Council. The eastern part of the borough is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.^[8]

The area forms the heart of the heath that spans Esher, Oxshott, Weybridge, Wisley, all around Woking, Brookwood, Deepcut, Pirbright, Frimley, Lightwater, Camberley, Chobham Common, Virginia Water and Ottershaw. It is made up of naturally wet, very acid sandy and loamy soil, which is just 1.9% of English soil and 0.2% of Welsh soil, which gives rise to pines and coniferous landscapes, such as pioneered at Wentworth and Foxhills estate (now spa, hotel, restaurant and golf club) by pro-American independence statesman Charles James Fox.^[21] In geology it gives rise to the name, Bagshot Formation.

The western section of the district is largely urbanised, with heaths nonetheless providing substantial green buffer around Camberley, Lightwater, Deepcut, Frimley, Frimley Green and Mytchett. The east of the district is less urbanised, and contains Surrey Heath's four civil parishes:^[22]

• Bisley
• Chobham (includes Castle Green and Mimbridge)
• West End
• Windlesham (contains also Bagshot, Lightwater and Valley End).

The former Frimley and Camberley Urban District covering the west of the borough is an unparished area, governed directly by Surrey Heath Borough Council.^[23]

Within the borough there are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest, four of which are part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area of European Importance as a habitat for certain endangered bird species; these make up some of the six Wildlife Reserves managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust in Surrey Heath.

Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 35 councillors representing 14 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[24]

• Simone Ashley, actress known for her role in Netflix series Bridgerton, was born in Camberley.^[26]
• Steve Backshall, naturalist and television presenter, best known for the BBC wildlife documentary series, Deadly..., was born in Bagshot.
• Carl Fletcher, football player and Plymouth Argyle F.C and Wales national football team captain, was born in Camberley.
• Alan "Howling Laud" Hope, leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, was born in Mytchett.
• The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh live at Bagshot Park with their family.^[27]

Surrey Heath is twinned with Sucy-en-Brie, France, and Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.^[28]