Aldershot

Aldershot is 40 miles (64 km) south-west of London.

By car:

The M3 London - Southampton motorway passes through Farnborough, Aldershot's northern neighbour. You should exit at junction 4, then follow the signs along the A331 Blackwater Valley Road past Farnborough to Aldershot. Alternatively, to the south of Aldershot is the A31 Hog's Back Road which links Guildford (for the A3) with Winchester.

By train:

Aldershot's station is served by reasonably frequent South Western Railway trains from London Waterloo (55 min, 2 per hour), Clapham Junction (48 min, 2 per hour), and a number of regional destinations: Alton (20 min, 2 per hour), Ascot (30 min, 2 per hour), Camberley (16 min, 2 per hour), Farnham (5 min, 4 per hour), Guildford (17 min, 2 per hour), and Woking (18 min, 2 per hour). If coming from Reading on Great Western Railway, change at Ash for an Ascot-bound train; Aldershot is the next stop.

1 Aldershot Railway Station, Station Road, GU11 1HN. The bus station and taxi rank are directly outside the railway station, and the town centre is about a 5-minute walk. (updated Mar 2020)

The electrified third rail of the line that runs through Aldershot is the first in the world to be directly powered by a bank of trackside solar panels, as part of a pioneering pilot scheme.

About 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Aldershot, Farnborough Main Station has a wider range of longer-distance services, with trains from Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton (and airport), Portsmouth, Bournemouth, and Poole. Farnborough also has quicker and more frequent trains from London Waterloo (35 min, 4 per hour) and Clapham Jct (25 min, 3 per hour). Bus route 1 connects Farnborough Main to Aldershot in about 20 min, and there are also always plenty of taxis waiting.

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