Bordon

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Bordon
Bordon shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU796354
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BORDON
Postcode district	GU35
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	East Hampshire
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Coordinates: 51°06′45″N 0°51′51″W / 51.11238, -0.86425

Bordon is a town in the north east of the county of Hampshire, England.

The parish includes the adjoining village of Whitehill.

The town has several shops spread out over the area but no central location such as a high street since the town was historically an army camp and toll road to Farnham, not a market-town like the nearby towns of Petersfield, Alton and Farnham. The town has a Tesco supermarket, a One Stop convenience store, a small shopping centre which include a Lidl, Wilkinson and Somerfield supermarkets, two petrol stations (Jet and Shell), a tattoo parlour and various takeaway and video rental outlets,and local radio station Delta FM.

It also has Mill Chase Community Technology College, a secondary school designated a technical college which doubles as a leisure centre run by D C Leisure Management.

1 Transport
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Transport

Both Bordon and Whitehill straddle the busy A325 road and the A3 London to Portsmouth road passes through the parish to the south.

There is a bus link to Liphook railway station, and Stagecoach bus 18 passes through the town on the way from Haslemere to Farnham and Aldershot. Stagecoach bus 13 passes through as it travels between Liphook and Alton. Bus 211 travels between Bordon and Whitehill.

[edit] History

Historically, the town was an important army base with a railway station, as is nearby Aldershot, especially during World War II, when the railway line was used to transport personnel to the coast. Bordon Camp was home to the Canadian Army during both of the world wars and the village is dotted with concrete slabs on which tanks and armoured cars were parked. The Longmoor Army Ranges, a large forest with tracks and firing ranges, is south of the town. Bordon railway station was linked to both the main railway network, and to the Longmoor Military Railway. The old track bed at Longmoor, especially between Greatham and Whitehill, is open to be used permissively by walkers and cyclists.

It the birthplace of war hero WRNS Pam Price (nee Hill).