Camberley

The settlement which grew up adjacent to the Staff College, was first named Cambridge Town after a local hotel, but this name proved unfortunate for officials of the Royal Mail. They were concerned that much of the Cambridge Town's post might end up in an ancient university city on the edge of the Fens in eastern England. Thus, the name of the Victorian upstart was quickly changed to Camberley, to match older local place names such as Frimley, Hawley and Yateley.

Camberley is 30 miles (50 km) away from central London and quite convenient to reach the M3/M25 corridor and Heathrow airport.

By bus:

Camberley is served by many bus routes from Aldershot, Ascot, Bracknell, Farnborough, Guildford, Heathrow, Sandhurst, Staines and Woking.

By plane:

Camberley is well served by London's collection of airports. For travellers coming directly to Camberley, the most convenient are:

Heathrow Airport is about 25 minutes' drive along the M25 and M3 motorways. Bus route 730 links Heathrow terminals 2, 3 and 5 to Knoll Road in the town centre.

Gatwick Airport is about an hour's drive away via the M23, M25 and M3 motorways. Great Western Railway operates trains from Gatwick to Blackwater, a station about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Camberley town centre and connected to the town by bus route 3

By train:

1 Camberley station is on a local branch line between Ascot and Aldershot, with trains every 30 min. Services from London Waterloo to Reading call at Ascot; change here to get to Camberley in around 1 hr 15 min from Waterloo.

2 Farnborough Main station, 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Camberley, receives three trains an hour direct from Waterloo, with journey times of 35-50 min. It also gets regular trains from Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester and Portsmouth. Bus route 1 links this station to Camberley

3 Blackwater station, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of the town centre heading along London Road, receives two trains per hour from Reading, Wokingham, Guildford and Gatwick Airport. Bus route 3 links this station to Camberley

By car:

Travelling from central London, Heathrow or Gatwick airports, Camberley can be reached via the M25 at Junction 12 heading on the M3 in the direction of Southampton and the South West. Leave the motorway at Junction 4.