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LEGOLAND Windsor
Family-friendly theme park near London with LEGO-themed rides, building workshops, and Miniland models.
16 km · about 30 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Camberley works well as a base: 5 minutes from Frimley Green, 16km from LEGOLAND Windsor.
Camberley is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 30,155, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Camberley sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Camberley to your route.
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles (47 kilometres) south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originally as "Cambridge Town", it was assigned its current name by the General Post Office inRead more
1877.
Until the start of the 19th century, the area was a sparsely populated area of infertile land known as Bagshot or Frimley Heath. Following the construction of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1812, a small settlement grew up to the south and became known as Yorktown (also spelled York Town). A second British Army institute, the Staff College, opened to the east in 1862, and the nucleus of Cambridge Town was laid out at around the same time. The two settlements grew together over the following decades and are now contiguous. Much of the town centre dates from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including The Atrium, a retail, entertainment and residential complex, opened in 2008.
Transport links through the area began to improve with the opening of the London-Basingstoke turnpike in 1728, now the A30 London Road. The Basingstoke Canal, which runs to the south of Camberley, was completed in 1794 and the wharf at Frimley was used to supply building materials for the Royal Military College. Blackwater station, on the Reading to Guildford line, opened to the west of Yorktown in 1849 and Camberley station, on the Ascot to Aldershot line, followed in 1878. In the second half of the 20th century, improvements to the road network in the area included the construction of the M3 motorway and the Blackwater Valley relief road.
The area has a strong links to the performing arts – Camberley Theatre was opened in 1966 and Elmhurst Ballet School was based in the town until 2004. Among the former residents are the Victorian composer, Arthur Sullivan, who attended Yorktown School as a child, the musician Rick Wakeman, who lived in Camberley during the 1980s, and the actress, Simone Ashley, who was born in the town in 1995. There are several works of public art in Camberley, including The Concrete Elephant, which was installed in 1964 on the London Road, having been commissioned for the Lord Mayor's Show of the previous year. Into Our First World, a sculpture by Ken Ford, is on display outside the borough council offices on Knoll Road.
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Camberley is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 51.3370 latitude, -0.7426 longitude.
Camberley has a population of approximately 30,155 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Family-friendly theme park near London with LEGO-themed rides, building workshops, and Miniland models.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Thrill-focused theme park near London catering to older children and adults with intense roller coasters.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, serving as a royal residence for over 900 years.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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The birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, featuring the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit from 1907.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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The world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit, opened 1907, where surviving sections of the towering concrete Members' Banking rear up out of the Surrey woodland. The museum holds racing cars and aircraft on the original site.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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The famous airfield test track used by BBC Top Gear for its power laps and celebrity challenges.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Iconic biker and cyclist cafe at the foot of Box Hill in Surrey, a must-stop gathering point on one of England's most famous riding roads.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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A popular roadside cafe at the base of the Box Hill zig-zag road, serving as the unofficial meeting point for the Surrey biker community.
30 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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