Bordon
Sign in to saveBordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villages, the other being Lindford. The civil parish is on the A325, and near the A3 road between London and Portsmouth, from which it is buffered by the rise of the wooded Woolmer Ranges. Bordon is twinned with Condé-sur-Vire in Normandy, France.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Bordon
- UK place.civil_parish
- Whitehill
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU796354
- UK place.population
- 16,035
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.shire_district
- East Hampshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Farnham and Bordon
- UK place.post_town
- BORDON
- UK place.postcode_district
- GU35
- UK place.postcode_area
- GU
- UK place.dial_code
- 01420
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bordon - geograph.org.uk - 206635.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Looking over Chalet Hill, centre of Bordon.
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Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villages, the other being Lindford. The civil parish is on the A325, and near the A3 road between London and Portsmouth, from which it is buffered by the rise of the wooded Woolmer Ranges. Bordon is twinned with Condé-sur-Vire in Normandy, France.
Unlike its nearest towns, Petersfield, Farnham and Alton, Bordon has not been a market town, having developed as a military area. Many of the facilities are near the former A325, a toll road (turnpike) that connected Farnham to the A3 to its south and passed through Bordon and Whitehill; the A325 now by-passes the built-up area. Local facilities include The Phoenix Theatre and Whitehill and Bordon Leisure Centre.