North Camp is a suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire. It covers most of the southern part of the town, adjoining Aldershot Military Town as part of the

Farnborough/Aldershot_Built-up_Area Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area and Aldershot Urban Area are names used by the ONS to refer to a conurbation spanning the borders of Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire in England. The ONS found a population of 252,937 in 2011 (up 4%, rounded, fro ...

History

North Camp has been closely linked to both

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alder ...

and Farnborough for much of its existence. It was originally the Northern Camp of Aldershot Garrison, which was divided by the

Basingstoke Canal The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation. From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham, ...

, hence the name North Camp.

Shopping

North Camp has a number of specialist shops and services including a

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...

shop and several specialist food and clothes shops. The nearby town centres of Farnborough and Aldershot have much larger shopping areas, with a higher number of major

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Transport

Road

The main roads within North Camp include: * A325 linking North Camp to Farnborough and Aldershot. * A3011 (Lynchford Road) which leads towards

Ash Vale Ash Vale is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England and the larger, northern settlement of the civil parish of Ash. It is 7 miles (11 km) from Guildford but is closer to the Hampshire towns of Aldershot and Farnborough, the ...

and

Mytchett Mytchett is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is to the east of Farnborough (in Hampshire), the nearest town. Much of the village dates from the first half of the twenti ...

. The area is also bordered by the A331 which leads to Guildford and

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Bus

North Camp is served by two public bus routes: *Goldline 1 between

and Camberley every 10 minutes, operated by Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey. *41 between Farnborough and Ash every hour, operated by Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey It is also served by school bus route 401, operated by Stagecoach to All Hallows School.

Rail

North Camp Station is on the

North Downs Line The North Downs Line is a passenger-train line connecting Reading, on the Great Western Main Line, to Redhill and , along the Brighton Main Line, linking many centres of population in that part of the North Downs which it traverses en route. ...

with 2 trains per hour between

and Redhill in both directions, with one of the Reading to Redhill trains continuing to

Gatwick Airport railway station Gatwick Airport railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex, England. It serves Gatwick Airport, down the line from via . The platforms are about to the east of the airport's South Terminal, with the ticket office above the p ...

. The station is approximately from North Camp itself and is technically in the Surrey town of

References

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External links

Rushmoor Borough Council
Populated places in Hampshire Rushmoor Farnborough, Hampshire