| Camberley | |
  Camberley shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 30,155[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Surrey Heath |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CAMBERLEY |
| Postcode district | GU15, GU16, GU17 |
| Dialling code | 01276 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Surrey Heath |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
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Camberley's suburbs include Crawley Hill, Heatherside, Yorktown, Old Dean and Frimley Road district. Old Dean is a large housing estate on the outskirts of Camberley in Surrey, England.
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History
A settlement which became known as Yorktown grew up around the gates of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in the 19th century. Sandhurst is a small town and Civil parish in England of around 7500 homes and 22000 inhabitants primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries The college was renamed in 1947 the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ( RMAS) commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre [2]
During the 19th century, Camberley grew in size. This was given added impetus with the arrival of the branch-line railway (the main-line passes through nearby Deepcut but there is no stop). Deepcut is a Village in Surrey, home to the Princess Royal Barracks Deepcut.
Later, the Staff College was established to the east of the Academy, and a property speculator built the nearby Cambridge Hotel. Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges or war colleges) train Military officers in the administrative staff and policy aspects of their profession The surrounding area became known as Cambridge Town, but was renamed "Camberley" in 1877 to avoid confusion with Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate
Camberley was mentioned in the black-and-white film Lord of the Flies, loosely based on the William Golding novel. Lord of the Flies is a 1963 Film adaptation of William Golding 's novel of the same name. Sir William Gerald Golding ( 19 September, 1911 – 19 June, 1993) was a British novelist poet and Nobel Prize for Literature A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story In this, the character Piggy correctly states that Camberley was formerly known as Cambridgetown,[3] but changed its name following confusion with the town of Cambridge. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England He claims that the new name consisted of three parts; "Cam" taken from the original name of Cambridgetown, "ber" taken from the name of a nearby river (in fact there is no such river), and "ley" because it is a common ending for English town names (as in neighbouring Frimley). Frimley is a small English town situated 2 miles (3 km south of Camberley, in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire One would imagine this reference came from the child actor who played Piggy himself, Hugh Edwards, who left Camberley Primary School - long since demolished to make way for a town centre redevelopment - to star in the film.
Camberley grew to become the largest town in the area, and Yorktown is now almost regarded as part of Camberley.
Geography
The smaller town of Frimley, being so close to Camberley, is often thought to be a part of the town by many visitors to the area, although the two are, for the most part, clearly separated by the M3 motorway. Frimley is a small English town situated 2 miles (3 km south of Camberley, in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire Frimley has its own town centre, a major regional hospital (Frimley Park) and extensive suburban areas. In the 19th century, Yorktown and Camberley were in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frimley. The neighbouring town of Blackwater, 3 km (2 miles) to the west is also considered by some to be a suburb of Camberley, however, it is actually situated in the Hart District of Hampshire. Blackwater is a small Town in the north-eastern corner of the English county of Hampshire, lying in the Hart District. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain
Economy
Most of Camberley's town centre is host to The Mall shopping centre, built around the Main Square. The town centre is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and mainland Europe to refer to the commercial or Geographical centre of A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors This is a late 1980s development anchored by stores such as House of Fraser and Woolworths. House of Fraser is a British Department store group with 63 stores (April 2008 across the United Kingdom and Ireland. This article is about the British Woolworths Group plc, and its stores The most memorable feature of the Main Square in Camberley is the large clock found in the centre of the complex which also houses a lift up to a café which is opposite a Primark store. The High Street has a number of shops as well as bars and clubs, many of the latter being more recent additions. High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street There are a number of secondary shopping streets including Park Street, Princess Way and parts of London Road.
After much debate and delay (plans having been discussed for over half a decade), construction started in May 2006 on a new seven acre mixed-use development west of Park Street. Named 'The Atrium', the new development will include residential, leisure and retail facilities, as well as a 900 space car park. There will be 217 'design-led' apartments divided into three areas within the complex (named Centro, Aspect and Courtyard). Fourteen new retail units will face directly onto Park Street, opposite the Main Square shopping centre. The intention is to pedestrianise and landscape Park Street for the new development. Leisure facilities are to include a nine-screen cinema, bowling alley, a health and fitness club, cafés and restaurants. Various elements of The Atrium will be opening during 2008, with the final elements, the main cinema and bowling Alley, opening in October and November respectively. [4]
Present day
The Old Dean is a housing estate on the outskirts of Camberley, most of which was built in the 1950s on the "Old Dean Common" for residents of heavily bombed Surrey-area's homeless after World War II. Old Dean is a large housing estate on the outskirts of Camberley in Surrey, England. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Many of the roads on that half of the Old Dean are named after those areas (the others are named after places on the common). There is a recent development which has expanded the Old Dean and provides more affordable housing. The Old Dean is home to Camberley's largest educational institute - Collingwood College.
Camberley and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are featured in a Doctor Who comic story entitled "The Warkeeper's Crown". The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ( RMAS) commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.
Sun Microsystems have their UK headquarters at Minley, near Camberley, just off the M3. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services The M3 motorway is a Motorway in Hampshire and Surrey, England. Also Camberley has a theatre and a football club. The Camberley Theatre is a Theatre in the British town of Camberley. Camberley Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club from the town of Camberley in Surrey.
The town has its own public library, theatre (Camberley Theatre) and is home to the Surrey Heath Borough Council offices. The Camberley Theatre is a Theatre in the British town of Camberley. Parish councils Parish councils in Surrey Heath are in Bisley with the chairman being Cllr Barry Woodhead Chobham with the chairman being Cllr Ian The town's only cinema, owned by Robin's Cinemas, and situated on London Road some distance from the town centre, closed in 2003 and was recently burnt down in 2007. The Arena, a sports/leisure centre and pool facility, is found nearby.
Transport
Camberley railway station is situated south of the town centre on the Ascot to Guildford line. Camberley railway station is a railway station in the town of Camberley in Surrey, England. Infrastructure Ascot station is located on the line from London Waterloo to Reading, just to the south of the famous racecourse. It is connected to London Waterloo, Guildford and Ascot by South West Trains. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Ascot is a small town within the Civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, South West Trains ( SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing Train services to the south-west of London chiefly Nearby Blackwater station (situated perpendicular to the A30 on the border of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire) on the North Downs Line has direct services to Reading, Gatwick Airport and, again, Guildford. Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England The A30 is an old Trunk road (main road which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain ( though Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South The North Downs Line is the name of the passenger train service connecting Reading, on the Great Western Main Line, to Gatwick Airport, on the Brighton Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow.
The town is served by the following main bus routes:
- First Berkshire & The Thames Valley: 194
- Arriva Guildford and West Surrey: 35 & 34
- Stagecoach in Hampshire: 200
- Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey: 1, 2 & 3
- Dicksons Travel: 500 & 501
Camberley can be reached by the A30 and lies between Junction 3 and Junction 4 of the M3 motorway. First Berkshire & The Thames Valley is a bus operator serving Bracknell, Slough and Wokingham, in England. Stagecoach in Hampshire is an operating sub-division of Stagecoach South, part of the Stagecoach Group and is the trading name of Hampshire Bus Company Ltd Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey is an operating sub-division Stagecoach South, which itself is part of the Stagecoach Group. The A30 is an old Trunk road (main road which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain ( though The M3 motorway is a Motorway in Hampshire and Surrey, England.
There are two small airports nearby Farnborough Airfield at Farnborough and Blackbushe Airport near Yateley. Farnborough Airport or TAG London Farnborough Airport (previously called RAE Farnborough) is an airport situated in Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough is a Town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England. Blackbushe Airport, in the Civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire, comprises an airfield Yateley is a Suburban Town and Civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. Farnborough Airfield is well-known for its International Air Show. Heathrow is 30 km (19 miles) away.
The A30 leaving Camberley to the north for Bagshot has the large roundabout on it called the Jolly Farmer. Bagshot is a Village in the South-East of England. It is situated in the North-West corner of Surrey near the border of Royal Berkshire and is A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island The Jolly Farmer is a Roundabout on the A30 (London Road between Camberley and Bagshot in Surrey, UK.
Education
There are a number of schools in Camberley. Collingwood College is famous for being one of the largest in Surrey with over 2000 pupils. Kings International College (formerly France Hill School) is also situated in Camberley. Kings International College is a Secondary school in Camberley, Surrey near junction 4 of the M3 Motorway. Other schools include Tomlinscote School and Sixth Form College, Lakeside Primary School, Watchetts Junior School, Crawley Ridge Junior School,[5] Bristow First Infants School, Lorraine Infant School and Nursery [6], Cordwalles Junior School and The Grove Primary School. Tomlinscote School and Sixth Form College is a state Secondary school and Sixth form college located in Frimley, Surrey, England
The nearest universities are Royal Holloway, University of London which is situated 18 km (11 miles) east of Camberley in Egham, with the University of Surrey (at Guildford) and the University of Reading both being 25 km (16 miles) to the southeast and northwest respectively. Royal Holloway University of London ( RHUL) is a constituent college of the University of London. Egham is a small town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, in the south-east of England. The University of Surrey is a University located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the The University of Reading is a University in the English town of Reading Berkshire
Sport
Camberley and Farnborough Hockey Club[7] play men and women's field hockey at Kings International College and draw many players from the region.
Camberley Town football club currently play in the Premier division of the Combined Counties League . Camberley Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club from the town of Camberley in Surrey. History The league's history can be traced back to 1978 when the Surrey Senior League underwent a metamorphosis in order to try to attract clubs from outside the county They play at Krooner Park, Wilton Road.
Camberley rugby football club play in the Powergen London League division 4 South West. They play at the Watchetts recreation ground, Park Road.
Camberley cricket club play in the Surrey Championship division 2. Their ground is in Upper Verran Road.
Frimley Lawn Tennis Club offer social and competitive tennis. They play at the Watchetts recreation ground in Camberley. Mens, ladies and mixed teams play all year in the Aldershot and District LTA League.
Camberley Chess Club plays at the Camberley Baptist Church Hall, Frimley Road, Camberley, GU15 3EN. The club meets every Tuesday evening from 7. 30pm. They are 2007 - 8 Berkshire League champions. They also compete in several divisions of the Surrey Border League.
Notable people
Trivia
- The town falls under the siren test area of Broadmoor Hospital (secure mental hospital) with a siren test every Monday at 10 AM that sounds similar to an air raid siren. Famous people linked with Camberley, England, include Tony Barker-May, former journalist and advisor to two Leaders of the Opposition and to Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security Psychiatric hospital at Crowthorne in Berkshire, England. A civil defense siren (also referred to as an air raid siren, tornado siren, tsunami siren, or other outdoor warning siren and also rarely referred
References
- ^ Surrey County Council census data
- ^ History of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- ^ Film script for Lord of the Flies
- ^ Surrey Heath Website - Atrium Update
- ^ Crawley Ridge Junior School
- ^ Lorraine Infant School and Nursery
- ^ Camberley and Farnborough Hockey Club
External links
- Camberley On The Net – The OFFICIAL Camberley Guide
- Camberley Business Directory – A directory of Camberley based businesses.
- Surrey Heath Council – Camberley's Local Council
- Surrey Heath Museum – Situated in Camberley
- Camberley & Farnborough Hockey Club – Camberley & Farnborough local Field Hockey Team.
- Camberley Chess Club – Camberley Chess Club.
- Frimley Lawn Tennis Club – Camberley based tennis Club at Watchetts Park.
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