A street map of the Chertsey Meads ward in Runnymede.

If you had been very lucky Chertsey Meads ward might have been present on OpenStreetMap. Unfortunately for you it is not. However, the Ordnance Survey Open Data Boundary Line does contain all ward boundaries: it is available here.

The basic steps are:

1. Find the ward boundary in a vector format
2. Download suitable OSM data
3. Clip the OSM data using the ward boundary
4. Create a map

Simple isn't it! BUT to do what you wish requires quite a degree of technical knowledge: you may wish to pass these instructions onto to someone if you dont think your own background is suitable.

Firstly, you need to extract your ward boundary from the Boundary Line data. I would use QGIS to do this: it provides a relatively straightforward interface for looking at this type of data. You can then save just that ward boundary excluding all others (using the Save Selection As ... option in QGIS). Normally I save these as ESRI Shapefiles (the format the data comes in). The data is almost certainly in the British National Grid projection (EPSG code 27700). At some stage you will need to transform this to WGS84 (EPSG 4326), as this is the way in which OSM data is stored and most tools expect data in this projection. You can change the projection when you save the selection containing the ward, or you can do it in two steps.

Secondly, you need some local OSM data. The most convenient place to get this is from the Geofabrik download site. Conveniently they have an extract for Surrey.

The third step is to use the polygon boundary of the ward to select only those OSM objects within the ward. There are two ways of doing this: a) in QGIS or b) using Osmosis or osmconvert. I favour the latter because it gives you more options in the next step. With Osmosis it is possible to filter an OSM file using a polygon. To create your polygon you use the ward boundary and one of the tools mentioned here. (QGIS used to have a simple to use plugin but it does not seem to be available for the current version). The basic format of the clipping command is like:

osmosis --rb file=INPUTOSM.osm --bp file=WARDBOUNDARY.poly --wx file=WARDOSM.osm

With the output file it is now possible to create the map. My feeling is that MapOSMatic might be the most suitable for the kind of thing you want because it produces a street index. (I have not used this for quite a while).

I have taken time to detail these steps because your question is something it should be easier to do, and require fewer than 4 tools to achieve. However, I suspect I will only put you off.