Sandhurst - town and civil parish in Berkshire, England

Sandhurst is a village in Berkshire. Probably best known as the home of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (often referred to simply as "Sandhurst", "The Academy" or "The RMA").

Understand

The village and adjoining facilities tend to merge into the adjacent Surrey town of Camberley.

Get in

By car

Just off junction 4 of the M3

By train

Sandhurst station 📍 is served by First Great Western (dead link: January 2023) with services from Redhill and Reading

Get around

See

• Royal Military Academy (RMA), Haig Rd, Camberley, GU15 4PQ, 51.340532°, -0.7687°, +44 1276 63344. The main officer cadet school for British Army. A Heritage day is now held every year. The event is free and covers the Old College Museum Rooms, The Royal Memorial Chapel and The Central library. Visitors are also able to walk around the impressive grounds.

Do

Buy

• The Meadows, Marshall Road, 51.335518°, -0.775076°. Large out of town Tesco Extra and Marks & Spencer stores

Eat

There are a number of takeaways in the centre on Yorktown Road.

The cafeterias in Tesco and Marks and Spencer in The Meadows retail centre are a good place to get reasonable priced meals.

• The White Lion, 104-108 Reading Road, Yateley, 51.342529°, -0.828742°, +44 1252 890840.

Drink

• The Village Inn, 21 Yorktown Road, 51.346597°, -0.80314°, +44 1252 873220.

Sleep

• Premier Inn, 221 Yorktown Road, GU47 0RT, 51.34523°, -0.785868°, +44 871 527 8958. Reasonable sized rooms, standard basic furnishings but large TV. Stairs a little annoying. Good all you can eat cold buffet or fresh cooked breakfast at the attached Beefeater restaurant.
• Wellington Arms, 203 Yorktown Road, 51.346282°, -0.78926°, +44 1252 872408. Room in building attached to the pub.

Connect

Go next

• Camberley
• Farnborough