Sandhurst, Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°20′56″N 0°48′00″W / 51.349°N 0.800°W / 51.349; -0.800
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Sandhurst
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSANDHURST
Postcode districtGU47
Dialling code01344
01276
01252
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51°20′56″N 0°48′00″W / 51.349°N 0.800°W / 51.349; -0.800

Sandhurst is a town and

civil parish in the Bracknell Forest borough in Berkshire, England. It is in the south eastern corner of Berkshire, and is situated 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of central London, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north west of Camberley and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Bracknell. Sandhurst is known worldwide as the location of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (often referred to simply as "Sandhurst", "The Academy" or "The RMA"). Despite its close proximity to Camberley, Sandhurst is also home to a large and well-known out-of-town mercantile development. The site is named "The Meadows" and has a Tesco Extra hypermarket and a Marks & Spencer, two of the largest in the country.[2][3] A large Next clothing and homeware store is open on the site of the old Homebase.[4]

Geography

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Sandhurst is in

fir tree plantations. This backs onto the high-security Broadmoor Hospital
.

Sandhurst is bordered, on the south, by the

new town of Bracknell. The soil is sandy, with a subsoil of sand and gravel
.

New College buildings
Old College buildings
Passing out parade
The 149th Sovereign's Parade in front of Old College
Prince Harry
(at attention, to left of horse) is on parade.
Open Day at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Memorial Chapel south aspect
The Church of St Michael and All Angels

Transport

Sandhurst lies just off the A30, which is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) away from junction 4 of the M3 motorway. It is also located 10 miles (16 km) from the M4, via the Crowthorne bypass (A3095) to Bracknell and the A329(M) towards Reading.

Gatwick, Guildford and Reading.[7]

Stagecoach South operates bus route 3 between Yateley and Camberley every 15 minutes except on Sundays; alternate services extends to and from Aldershot.[8]

Local government

Sandhurst has representation through several tiers of government –

civil parish in 1894. The current Mayor of Sandhurst is Councillor Ray Mossom.[9]

History

Saxon and Medieval periods

The name of the village is

hundred when its villages obtained their own churches.[11] These lands belonged to the Bishops of Salisbury. There were two manors in Sandhurst: ‘Hall’ in the grounds of what is now the Royal Military Academy and ‘Sandhurst’ on the site of Sandhurst Lodge.[10] Nothing remains of the original buildings. The first mention of the village of Sandhurst is to be found in the Exchequer Rolls of Henry II in 1175 where the receipt of one mark for the Villata de Sandhurst is recorded.[12]

Tudor to Georgian periods

In the early modern era, Sandhurst

Henry VIII, owned a supposed manor called 'Buckhurst' in the area between College Town and Central Sandhurst.[citation needed
]

Victorian and Modern periods

Life changed very little in Sandhurst until the 19th century when large sections of land were sold for the building of the

John Walter, of the Times Newspaper, and then Sir William Farrer, solicitor to Queen Victoria[10] and The Duke of Wellington. Perry Hill and The Ceders came later. Only a few remain today.[10]
The others have been demolished and land developed.

Such large houses and institutions, including the

Forest Grammar School for boys in Winnersh or Holt School for girls in Wokingham. From the late 1950s to the 80s, large housing estates have been built creating the conglomerate town of today from the original four villages of College Town, Central Sandhurst, Little Sandhurst
and Owlsmoor.

St Michael's Church of England School, Little Sandhurst
, was opened in 1862 and other schools followed in quick succession:

Recreation and sport

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Sandhurst Town Council". www.sandhurst.gov.uk.
  2. ^ Marks & Spencer – Sandhurst, Bracknell Forest. Yelp.co.uk (15 May 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ Meadows Shopping Centre. Meadowscentre.co.uk. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ Bracknell Forest Council. "Planning permission granted". Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ^ Opening Times. "Wildmoor Heath | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Stops in Sandhurst". Bus Times. 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Your Councillors". www.sandhurst.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9781905191017
    .
  11. ^ a b c Ford, David Nash (2001). "History of Sandhurst, Berkshire". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  12. ^ Emma Hodge, Catherine Wilkins (2017). History and Guide of St Michael and All Angels Church, Sandhurst.
  13. ^ Bond, Kimberley (2018). "Who is Greg Davies?". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

Sources

  • PH Ditchfield (1923), The Victoria County History of Berkshire.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sandhurst.
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