Town in Hampshire, England
Town in England
Aldershot
(
AWL
-d?r-shot
) is a town in the
Rushmoor
district,
Hampshire
, England. It lies on
heathland
in the extreme north-east corner of the county, 31 mi (50 km) south-west of London. The town has a population of 37,131,
[1]
while the
Aldershot Urban Area
? a loose
conurbation
, which also includes other towns such as
Camberley
,
Farnborough
and
Farnham
? has a population of 243,344; it the thirtieth-largest urban area in the UK.
[2]
Aldershot is known as the
Home of the
British Army
, a connection which led to its rapid growth from a small village to a
Victorian
town.
[3]
History
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Early history
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The name is likely to have derived from
alder
trees found in the area (from the
Old English
'alor-sceat' meaning copse, or projecting piece of land, featuring alder trees).
[4]
[5]
Any settlement, though not mentioned by name, would have been included as part of the
Hundred
of
Crondall
referred to in the
Domesday Book
of 1086.
[6]
The
Church of St Michael the Archangel
is the parish church for the town and dates to the 12th century with later additions. There was almost certainly an earlier church on the site.
[7]
Cistercian monks
from the nearby
Waverley Abbey
established
granges
or farms on their outlying estates, including one at Aldershot by 1175 for sheep grazing. We do not know when monks from the Abbey first came to Aldershot but the first documentary evidence is from 1287 when the Crondall Rental records that at 'Alreshate the Monks of Waverlye hold 31 acres of encroachment'. This area ran from the church of St Michael's down to the area around the present
Brickfields Country Park
while the grange itself was near the church.
[8]
[9]
John Norden
's map of Hampshire, published in the 1607 edition of
William Camden
's
Britannia
, indicates that Aldershot was a market town.
[10]
Prior to 1850,
Aldershott
was little known. The area was a vast stretch of
common land
, a lonely wasteland unsuitable for most forms of agriculture with scant population. As it existed at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086, the extensive settlement of Crondall in the north-east corner of Hampshire was certainly Scandinavian, for among the customs of that great manor, which included Crondall,
Yateley
, Farnborough, and Aldershot, that of sole inheritance by the eldest daughter in default of sons prevailed, as over a large part of Cumberland, and this is a peculiarly Norse custom.
[11]
The first recorded mention of the manor of Aldershot is in 1573 in the will of
Sir John White
of Aldershot (c1512–1573), alderman of London and knighted when he became
Lord Mayor of London
(1563-4).
[12]
[13]
He left
Aldershot Manor
to his son Sir Robert White of Aldershot (died 1599). He in turn left the manor to be divided between his two daughters, Ellen the wife of
Sir Richard Tichborne
and Mary, the wife of
Sir Walter Tichborne
, brother of Richard.
[14]
The 18th-century
jurist
Charles Viner
lived in the town and printed his
A General Abridgment of Law and Equity
on a press in his home. In the 18th century, the stretch of the London to
Winchester
turnpike
that passed through Aldershot between
Bagshot
and Farnham (now known as the Farnborough Road) was the scene of highway robberies. At one time it had "almost as bad a reputation as
Hounslow Heath
".
[15]
Dick Turpin
is said to have operated in the area having his headquarters nearby in
Farnborough
, and there were sightings of
Spring-heeled Jack
.
[16]
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[18]
Growth in the Victorian era
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In 1854, at the time of the
Crimean War
,
Aldershot Garrison
was established as the first permanent training camp for the
British Army
.
[3]
This led to a rapid expansion of Aldershot's population, going from 875 in 1851 to in excess of 16,000 by 1861 (including about 9,000 from the military).
Mrs Louisa Daniell
arrived in the town at this time and set up her Soldiers' Home and Institute to cater for the spiritual needs of the soldiers and their families. During this period
Holy Trinity church
, the
Presbyterian church
, the
Wesleyan church
and
Rotunda chapel
were built in the town centre to cater for the spiritual needs of the increasing numbers of troops in the nearby camp and the growing civilian town. In August 1856, on her return from the Crimean War and "wishing to be with her sons in the Army",
Mary Seacole
with her business partner Thomas Day is said to have arrived in Aldershot where they attempted to open a canteen. In her autobiography, Seacole wrote: 'We set to bravely at Aldershott to retrieve our fallen fortunes, and stem off the ruin originated in the Crimea, but all in vain...'.
[19]
The venture is believed to have failed through lack of funds and the two being declared bankrupt.
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Aldershot Military Tattoo
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The Aldershot
Military Tattoo
was an annual event dating back to 1894. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo held at the
Rushmoor Arena
presented displays from all branches of the services, including performances lit by flame torches. At one time the performances attracted crowds of up to 500,000 people. The Tattoo was organised to raise money for military charities. By the end of the 1930s, the event was raising around £40,000 annually.
[23]
The Tattoo's modern format, the Army Show, was cancelled in 2010 by the
Ministry of Defence
due to budget cuts.
[24]
It was briefly revived the following year and attracted 20,000 visitors. In 2012, it was styled as the Aldershot Garrison Show, a smaller free event held on
Armed Forces Day
.
[25]
The Army Show was replaced in 2013 with a general Military Festival. Events were held across the town, including an art exhibition, live music, sports events and film screenings.
[26]
During the World Wars
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In 1914, Aldershot had the largest army camp in the country with 20% of the
British Army
being based in and around the town. Aldershot was home for two Infantry Divisions and a Cavalry Brigade in addition to large numbers of artillery, engineers, service corps and medical services. At the start of
World War I
, the units based at Aldershot became the 1st Corps of the
British Expeditionary Force
, and soon tens of thousands of new recruits came to the large training centre in the Camp. This had a great effect on the civilian town as there was a great shortage of accommodation for the troops and many were billeted in local houses and schools. Aldershot played a vital role in the formation of
Kitchener's Army
, providing the core of the Army from 1914 onwards as well as treating the wounded brought back from the trenches in France and Flanders. The
Cambridge Military Hospital
was the first base hospital to receive casualties directly from the
Western Front
and it was here that
plastic surgery
was first performed in the
British Empire
by Captain Gillies (later Sir
Harold Gillies
).
[27]
[28]
From 1939 to 1945 during
World War II
,
[29]
about 330,000 Canadian troops of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigades passed through Aldershot for training before being deployed for the defence of the United Kingdom while much of the British Army was overseas. Additional units of the Canadian Army followed later creating the largest force of British Commonwealth troops ever to be stationed in the UK at one time.
[30]
The
Aldershot riot
of July 1945 caused considerable damage to the town centre when disgruntled Canadian troops tired of waiting to be repatriated rioted in the streets for two evenings.
[31]
In a gesture of forgiveness and goodwill, the Freedom of the Borough of Aldershot was conferred on the Canadian Army on 26 September 1945 in a ceremony held at the town's
recreation ground
.
[29]
[32]
In the following year Aldershot's
military prison
the
'Glasshouse'
was burned down in prison riots.
[33]
Post War
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A substantial rebuilding of the barracks was carried out between 1961 and 1969 by the architecture and engineering firm
Building Design Partnership
. The work was sped up under government pressure, and various new building technologies were employed with mixed success.
[3]
In 1974, Aldershot borough, which had been based at
Aldershot Town Hall
, merged with Farnborough
urban district
to form the
Borough of Rushmoor
under the provisions of the
Local Government Act 1972
.
[34]
After a
2009 campaign
, the British Government allowed veteran
Gurkha
soldiers who had served for more than four years, and their families, to settle in the UK.
[35]
The rise in the Nepalese population led
Gerald Howarth
,
Conservative
Member of Parliament for Aldershot, to request government assistance in expanding local public services to meet the needs of the growing population.
[36]
1972 Aldershot bombing
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On 22 February 1972, Aldershot experienced the first in a series of
mainland
IRA attacks.
[37]
Seven people, six of whom were civilian support staff, including five catering staff and a gardener were killed in a
car bomb
attack on the 16th Parachute Brigade headquarters
mess
. A further 19 people were injured. The bombing was claimed by the
Official IRA
as revenge for the
Bloody Sunday
massacre.
[38]
The only army officer killed was Captain Gerry Weston a
Catholic
British Army chaplain. An area to be developed into a memorial garden was used to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing in 2012.
[39]
Aldershot Military Town
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Aldershot Military Town is located between Aldershot and North Camp near
Farnborough
. It is a
garrison town
that serves as the location for the military presence in the area. It houses Aldershot Garrison's married quarters, barracks, Army playing fields and other sporting facilities. The military town includes some local landmarks, such as the
Aldershot Observatory
,
Aldershot Military Cemetery
, the
Union Building
, the Royal Garrison Church and other churches. Until 1993, the town served as headquarters for the
Royal Corps of Transport
and the
Army Catering Corps
, until they were merged into the
Royal Logistic Corps
and moved to
Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut
.
Queen Victoria
and
Prince Albert
showed a keen interest in the establishment and development of Aldershot as a garrison town in the 1850s, at the time of the
Crimean War
. They had a wooden
Royal Pavilion
built, where they would often stay when attending reviews of the army. In 1860, Albert established and endowed the
Prince Consort's Library
, which still exists today. To celebrate Queen Victoria's
Diamond Jubilee
in 1897, 25,000 British and Colonial soldiers marched from Laffan's Plain near Farnborough, reviewed by Queen Victoria. Beside the British soldiers, marched men from Canada, India, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
[40]
Aldershot Military Town comes under its own military jurisdiction. It was home to the
Parachute Regiment
from its formation in 1940 until it moved to
Colchester Garrison
in 2003. Many famous people have been associated with the Military Town, including
Charlie Chaplin
, who made his first stage appearance in
The Canteen
theatre aged 5 in 1894,
[41]
[42]
and
Winston Churchill
, who was based there in the late 19th century during his time in the Army.
[43]
The area also houses various military and regimental museums, including the
Aldershot Military Museum
, housed in a red-brick
Victorian
barracks.
[44]
Until December 2007, the
Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
was in Aldershot. It has since moved to the
Imperial War Museum Duxford
. The
RAMC Memorial
to the 314 men of the
Royal Army Medical Corps
who lost their lives in the
Boer War
of 1899-1902 is located at the top of Gun Hill.
An outline planning application has been agreed for the redevelopment of some of the former Military Town. The Aldershot Urban Extension will bring some 3,850 new homes, two new primary schools, a children's day-care centre, additional secondary school places, community facilities, waste recycling and landscaping to an area of 150 hectares.
In 2013, the MoD announced a £100 million investment to expand Aldershot Garrison and bring 750 more service personnel and their families to settle in Aldershot.
[45]
Landmarks
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Wellington Statue
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A statue of the first
Duke of Wellington
mounted on his horse, Copenhagen, is situated on Round Hill behind the Royal Garrison Church. The statue is 30 ft (9.1 m) high, 26 ft (7.9 m) from nose to tail, over 22 ft (6.7 m) in girth, weighs 40 tons and is intricately detailed including musculature and veins. It was designed and built by
Matthew Cotes Wyatt
who used recycled bronze from cannons that were captured at the
Battle of Waterloo
. It took thirty men over three years to finish the project.
Originally, in 1846, the statue was erected at
Hyde Park Corner
, London on the
Wellington Arch
. However,
Decimus Burton
, architect of the arch, had tried to veto this plan for his preferred "figure in a four horse chariot". Many agreed with Decimus Burton that the statue looked ridiculous since it was out of proportion. It was nicknamed "The Archduke" and was a popular topic in the satirical magazine
Punch
.
Queen Victoria
claimed that the statue ruined the view of the skyline from
Buckingham Palace
, and she privately proposed that the statue be moved. The Duke, who had only sat for the sculptor on two or three occasions, suddenly became very attached to the statue and would not consider its removal from its arch.
In 1885, the
Prince of Wales
handed over the monument to Lieutenant General Anderson, the commander of the Aldershot Garrison.
Aldershot Observatory
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The observatory is a circular red-brick building with a domed roof, and it stands on Queen's Avenue. Inside is a
telescope
, 8-inch
refractor
, mounted on a German-type
equatorial mount
with a
clockwork
drive. The telescope and observatory building were a gift from aviation pioneer
Patrick Young Alexander
to the British Army, a fact which is recorded by a plaque near the observatory door. It reads: "Presented to the Aldershot Army Corps by Patrick Y Alexander Esq 1906".
The Wesleyan Church
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The former
Wesleyan
church on Grosvenor Road has a 100-foot tower that can be seen for miles around the town and which is described as " the only significant tower in the town".
[46]
Opened in 1877, the church served the
Methodists
of Aldershot for over 100 years and could seat 1,150 people until its closure in 1988. Today the original complex of church, Soldiers' Home and Hall has been converted into offices, a dental surgery, gymnasium and homes.
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Aldershot Buddhist Centre
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Aldershot Buddhist Centre is a
Buddhist
temple and
community centre
catering for the Buddhists of Aldershot and surrounding area, which is billed as the United Kingdom's first Buddhist community centre.
[49]
With the influx of large numbers of
Nepalis
into the area in recent years giving
Rushmoor
the largest Buddhist community in the United Kingdom,
[49]
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a temple and community centre to cater for their spiritual and secular needs was required. The centre was formally opened on the High Street by the
14th Dalai Lama
in June 2015.
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Union Building
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When a small party of
NCOs
and men of the
Royal Engineers
arrived in November 1853 in the area that is today
Princes Gardens
, they were the first soldiers to arrive in Aldershot. At this time, the area was heathland with the only building in sight being the
Union Poor House
, built in 1629 as a sub-manor for the
Tichborne family
and later used as the local workhouse and a school. It was one of five permanent local buildings purchased by the
War Department
in 1854 as part of the development of the new Aldershot Camp, and was used by the Army from 1854 to 1879 as No 2 Station Hospital. In later years, it saw a variety of uses before being redeveloped as flats.
Transport
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Aldershot railway station
is a stop on the
Alton Line
;
South Western Railway
runs services between
London Waterloo
,
Alton
,
Guildford
and
Ascot
.
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Aldershot is close to several major roads, including the
M3
and the
A3
. Its nearest dual-carriageway roads are the
A31
to the south, which heads east towards
Guildford
and the A3; to the east, the
A331
which heads north towards
Farnborough
and the M3.
Bus services from Aldershot are provided by
Stagecoach South
. Since the closure of Aldershot bus station in May 2023 passengers now access the bus services at various on-street stops around the town centre.
National Express
coach services operate between
London Victoria
and
Portsmouth
twice a day.
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Farnborough Airport
is located 5 miles (8.0 km) away, with
Heathrow
29 miles (47 km) and
Gatwick
43 miles (69 km) away.
Education
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There are various schools in Aldershot. These will be joined by two new primary schools being built as part of the Aldershot Urban extension development of 3,850 houses. This development will also be served by a further 675 secondary school places being created at the Alderwood and Wavell schools.
A mix of infants and juniors exists, including Park Primary School and St Michael's (C of E). The infant schools are Talavera, Wellington Primary, and Bell Vue Infant School.
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Junior schools include: Newport County, Talavera, Wellington Secondary and St Joseph's Primary (Catholic).
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Aldershot has only one secondary school,
Alderwood School
(formerly Heron Wood School and The Connaught School), though
Ash Manor School
,
Farnham Heath End School
,
All Hallows Catholic School
and
The Wavell School
are all local.
[57]
In the town's West End can be found
Rowhill School
, a special school for students of secondary age unable to attend mainstream schooling for a variety of reasons. There are also two private schools,
Salesian College
and
Farnborough Hill School
in nearby Farnborough.
Local newspapers
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The local press is the
Aldershot News & Mail
,
[58]
a
Surrey Advertiser Group
broadsheet
. At the end of November 2017, the
Surrey-Hants Star Courier
, a free tabloid, ceased publication.
[59]
Leisure and recreation
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Following the demolition of the
Theatre Royal
and
Hippodrome
theatres in 1959 and 1961, the local council opened its own
Princes Hall
in 1973 as an entertainment venue.
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Another entertainment venue and
arts centre
is the
West End Centre
on Queens Road which is popular for small-scale theatre, music and comedy.
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Music and dance
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Hardcore
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The Palace (previously The Palace Cinema, The Rhythm Station, Cheeks, Vox), influenced the rapid growth of the
hardcore
scene from 1992 to 1995.
[
citation needed
]
Weekly events included
Fusion (Hectic Records)
, Tazmania, Slammin' Vinyl and Future World. The club also groomed local talents such as
DJ Sharkey
, DJ Mystery, DJ Sy, DJ Unknown, Vinylgroover, DJ NS, Hixxy, MC Freestyle, MC Young, MC Smiley and Spyder MC. The location of Aldershot between
Southampton
and London meant the club became a mecca for Hardcore, and it was regularly sold out during this time.
[
citation needed
]
At the height of the club's popularity, a teenager's death from a suspected overdose of
ecstasy
[63]
was the catalyst that saw dance music leaving the club and had a negative impact on the hardcore dance scene in the Aldershot area.
[
citation needed
]
The Beatles in Aldershot
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Sam Leach, their then agent and wanting to become their manager, attempted to introduce
the Beatles
to London agents by promoting shows at The Palais Ballroom, on the corner of Perowne Street and Queens Road
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in Aldershot on 9 December 1961. Leach wanted to organise a 'battle of the bands' between The Beatles and
Ivor Jay and the Jaywalkers
from London. The show was not advertised properly and, as a result, only 18 people attended. The local newspaper,
The Aldershot News
, failed to publish Leach's advertisement for the show. In addition, Ivor Jay and the Jaywalkers failed to appear. However, the band and friends had their own fun after the show, drinking ale, playing football with bingo balls and dancing the foxtrot. The noise became so loud that a neighbour called the police who shut the event down. When interviewed in 1983 about the Aldershot gig,
Paul McCartney
described it as "the night we couldn't get arrested, but it wasn't for the lack of trying".
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After the gig, the band went on to London to join an after hours jam at the Blue Gardenia Club. Weeks after this
Brian Epstein
became the group's manager.
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Rock music
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At the end of the 1990s and the start of the 2000s, an underground scene of rock bands cropped up around Aldershot. Notable bands include
Reuben
,
Vex Red
,
Inter
and
Hundred Reasons
.
[
citation needed
]
Shopping
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]
Union Street and Wellington Street at the centre of the town's shopping district were pedestrianised in the 1970s when the Wellington Centre, a covered shopping centre, was built over the site of the town's former open-air market. As of 2020, Union Street East is undergoing regeneration; the project has been referred to as Union Yard.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, the Victorian shopping arcade and various other period buildings in Wellington Street were demolished to allow for the building of an extension to the Wellington Centre known as
The Galleries.
The Galleries has remained almost vacant for many years now and is currently under consideration for proposed redevelopment into a mixed use retail and residential scheme, with potential commercial leisure space.
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In 2003, a health check of the town centre concluded that, "Aldershot is experiencing promising signs of revitalisation, particularly in the shopping core".
[70]
This revitalisation failed to materialise, with prominent traders such as
Marks and Spencer
leaving the town centre.
In 2005, Rushmoor Borough Council documented the percentage of vacant shops at 10%, 8% and 7% respectively for Union Street, the Wellington Centre and Wellington Street.
[71]
The Westgate Leisure Park, which opened in 2012?2013 and which fronts onto Barrack Road, includes a
Cineworld
cinema, a
Morrisons
supermarket, and several chain restaurants, including
Nando's
, Mimosa and
Pizza Express
.
[72]
There is also a
Tesco
superstore located at the rear of the development.
Parks and open spaces
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Aldershot has many parks, playgrounds and open spaces for sport, play and leisure, including
Aldershot Park
,
Brickfields Country Park
, the
Municipal Gardens
,
Manor Park
and the
Princes Gardens
, the latter three a short walk from the town centre.
The legacy of the Army has meant that the land for leisure use, as well as protected areas for flora and fauna, has been preserved over many years. On the
Surrey
border can be found
Rowhill Nature Reserve
which is popular with nature-lovers, dog owners, walkers and joggers.
Sport
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Aldershot has many sports facilities including the Rushmoor Gymnastics Academy, Aldershot Tennis Centre, Aldershot
Bowling
, Aldershot Pools and
Lido
, Aldershot Garrison Sports Centre, Alderwood Leisure Centre (formerly Connaught Leisure Centre) and Alpine Snow Sports (Dry Ski Centre). Formerly the town also hosted short circuit motor racing including
speedway
and
stock car racing
.
Greyhound racing
took place at Aldershot Stadium, and
point-to-point racing
at
Tweseldown
. Famous running club AFD has produced top runners.
Aldershot Park
hosts a number of sports facilities and organisations.
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Athletics
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Aldershot is home to arguably the most successful athletics club in British and European history,
Aldershot, Farnham & District A.C.
The club has produced many Olympians including
Roger Hackney
,
Zola Budd
,
Lily Partridge
and
Steph Twell
and specialises in
middle
?
long
distance running. The home of
AFD
, as it is commonly known, is the Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot. Blackwater Valley Runners are a social running club and organise many local races.
[74]
Swimming
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Opened in 1930, Aldershot Lido is a traditional outdoor leisure pool that contains 1.5 million gallons of water situated on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) site. The original land was a lake that had become overgrown with weeds. It was bought by the Borough Council in 1920 for £21,000 and was the focus of the council's improvement projects for the town. The Lido became an Olympic venue in 1948 when it was the site of the swimming event in the Modern Pentathlon of that year's London Olympic Games. The pool has extensive areas of shallow water for children to play including a large fountain at the centre. It also has a diving area and water slides. There is an adjoining 25 m indoor pool that allows all year round swimming.
The local professional football team is
Aldershot Town
who compete in the
Football Conference
. Before 1992 the local club was
Aldershot
, which folded on 25 March 1992, while playing in the
Football League Fourth Division
. The current club was formed shortly afterwards and achieved five promotions in its first 16 seasons to return to the Football League in 2008. The previous Aldershot club's biggest success arguably came in 1987, just five years before closure, when they became the first team to win the
Football League Fourth Division
promotion play-offs, at the expense of a far bigger club ?
Wolverhampton Wanderers
.
[75]
Since 1927, the main football ground in the town, and home of both teams, is the
Recreation Ground
, also known as "The Rec". It has a capacity for 7,100, of which 2,000 can be seated.
A number of successful current and former footballers are from the Aldershot area, including
Johnny Berry
, who was born in the town in 1926. He played for
Birmingham City
and
Manchester United
before his playing career was ended by injuries sustained in the
Munich air disaster
on 6 February 1958. He had won three league title medals with Manchester United. He later returned to Aldershot to run a sports shop with his brother Peter. He continued to live locally until he died in September 1994, at the age of 68.
Other footballers born in Aldershot include
Craig Maskell
(a striker for clubs including
Southampton
,
Swindon Town
and
Reading
) during the 1980s and 1990s, and
Bruce Rioch
. Rioch played for clubs including
Luton Town
,
Aston Villa
and
Derby County
before managing clubs including
Middlesbrough
and
Arsenal
, but played for the
Scotland team
during the 1970s due to his ancestry. Another player from the area is
Joe Ralls
who played youth football for
Aldershot Town FC
and currently plays for
EFL Championship
side
Cardiff City FC
. Another former notable player is current Burnley Goalkeeper Nick Pope. Pope was at Aldershot on loan from Charlton at the time.
On 25 October 2011 Aldershot Town played Manchester United at the Recreation Ground in the
League Cup
4th round losing 3?0, their most successful run to date in the
Carling Cup
.
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Cricket
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Aldershot Cricket Club is based in Aldershot Park in the town
[73]
and plays in the
Thames Valley Cricket League
.
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Army cricket matches have been played at the
Officers Club Services Ground
, which has also played host to home matches for
Hampshire County Cricket Club
. Many of these matches held
first-class status
.
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Hockey
[
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]
Aldershot Cricket Club shares facilities with the successful Aldershot & Farnham Hockey Club who, in 2022, were looking for a more permanent base.
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Rugby union
[
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]
Formerly known as Fleet RUFC, the club started in 1991 as a pub side. The club was renamed Aldershot and Fleet RUFC (A&F or the Stags) after their move in 2003 from Farnborough to their current home, Aldershot Park.
[73]
With an ever-expanding juniors section, Aldershot & Fleet were successful in winning the coveted RFU "Seal of Approval" Club of the Year 2008 for the southern region. They now play in the Hampshire 2 league. The club also hosts a Rugby League Vet's team for over 35's.
[
citation needed
]
Greyhound racing
[
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]
Greyhound racing took place regularly at the now closed
Aldershot Stadium
in
Tongham
during the 1950s.
Stock car racing
[
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]
Aldershot Stadium was located in Oxenden Road, Tongham, and staged Stock Car racing for the first time on 30 October 1954. Together with other short-circuit formulae (including Superstox, Hot Rods, Bangers and Midgets), racing was held regularly (every Thursday evening, every
Boxing Day
afternoon and later on Saturdays).
The racing took place initially on a loose shale track inside the greyhound track; after
Motorcycle speedway
racing at the venue ceased, the shale track was replaced with a hard
tarmaced
surface. The track was home to the Aldershot Knights for National League team racing in 1966 and again in 1971 and 1972.
The site was the headquarters for the promoter, Spedeworth International ltd. Major national events at the track were few and far between ? the most notable title race contested there being the 1975 British
Superstox
Championship (27 Sep 1975, won by Steve Monk).
The final meeting at Oxenden Road took place on 21 November 1992. Immediately after this date, the site was cleared for construction of the A331 Blackwater Valley Road, which forms a by-pass for Aldershot and Farnborough.
Now, short-circuit motor sport takes place in Aldershot again, at the Aldershot Raceway, Pegasus Village,
Rushmoor Arena
. It was founded and named by a local man and ex short circuit racing driver Malcolm Roberts, his wife Gwen and their children, in memory of and following the death of their eldest son, also Malcolm, a short circuit motor racing enthusiast. The site is now operated by Spedeworth, whilst the Roberts family relocated to a new circuit in
Aldermaston
, West Berkshire.
Speedway racing
[
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]
Circa 1929, a track operated at a stadium in Boxalls Lane. Speedway returned to Aldershot in 1950 at the local greyhound stadium. The Shots featured in the lower echelons of the sport up to 1960.
Olympics
[
edit
]
Aldershot hosted three of the five events in the
modern pentathlon
at the
1948 London Olympics
. The swimming was held in Aldershot Lido, Maida Gymnasium hosted the fencing, and the cross-country equestrian event was held at Tweseldown. All of the Olympic equestrian events, excluding the Prix des Nations, were also held at Aldershot.
[80]
It was announced on 15 January 2008 that the Aldershot Military Town had been chosen as the official training camp for the British Olympic team ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
[81]
However, in April 2010, it was announced that
Team GB
would be training at
Loughborough University
.
[82]
Politics
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]
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Aldershot is divided into the following wards:
[83]
[84]
Rushmoor Borough Council
[
edit
]
- Rowhill: southwest of the town has one
Labour
and two
Conservative
councillors.
[85]
- Wellington: west of the town together with the northern half of the town centre, combines the most compact urban parts of the town northern part of the town centre, much of the military town and a very large acreage of unpopulated woodlands, forests and heathland. It has two
Labour
councillors and one Conservative councillor.
- Manor Park: south of the town and the southern half of the town centre has three Conservative councillors.
- Aldershot Park: southeast of the town has three Labour councillors.
- North Town: northeast of the town has three Labour councillors.
- St Marks: north of the town and parts of Farnborough has three Conservative councillors.
Hampshire County Council
[
edit
]
- Aldershot North: the north west of the town has one Labour councillor.
- Aldershot South: the south east of the town has one Conservative councillor.
As of the May 2018 Rushmoor Borough Council Elections and the May 2017 Hampshire County Council Elections, of the 20 seats on Rushmoor Borough Council and Hampshire County Council covering Aldershot, the Conservatives hold 12 and Labour hold 8.
Member of Parliament
[
edit
]
The town is represented in Parliament through the
Aldershot constituency
. The current MP is
Leo Docherty
, Conservative.
Climate
[
edit
]
Aldershot is a Cfb according to the
Koppen climate classification
.
[
clarification needed
]
[86]
[
better source needed
]
Notable people from Aldershot
[
edit
]
- Holly Aird
, actress known for her role in
Waking The Dead
.
[87]
- John Belling
(1866?1933), cytogeneticist was born in Aldershot
- Sai Bennett
,
actress
, born in
1990
in Aldershot.
[
citation needed
]
- Amelle Berrabah
, singer, songwriter and former member of the Sugababes.
- Johnny Berry
,
Manchester United
footballer and '
Busby Babe
'.
- Arthur English
, actor and comedian, in honour of whom there is now a
blue plaque
at 22 Lysons Road.
[88]
- Russell Foster
, professor of circadian neuroscience and Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford
- Joel Freeland
, professional basketball player, having played for both the
Portland Trail Blazers
and
CSKA Moscow
.
- Martin Freeman
, actor in
The Office
,
The Hobbit
, and
Sherlock
.
[89]
- Joe Jopling
, professional footballer.
- John Lucarotti
, screenwriter.
- Ian McEwan
, novelist
- DanTDM
(Daniel Robert Middleton), YouTube personality, professional gamer, and author.
- Ben Norris (comedian)
, stand-up comedian, who has appeared on
Mock the Week
and
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
.
- Alex Reid
,
mixed martial arts
fighter and ex-husband of
Katie Price
.
- Eve Stratford
,
Playboy Club Bunny
who was the victim of one of Britain's unsolved murders in 1975.
- Alfred Toye
, Aldershot-born recipient of the
Victoria Cross
during
World War I
- James Wade
, professional darts player on the
PDC
Location filming
[
edit
]
The barracks scenes in the 1968 film
The Charge of the Light Brigade
starring
David Hemmings
and
Trevor Howard
were filmed at the old West Cavalry Barracks
[90]
(now largely demolished). The gates of the South Cavalry Barracks stood in as the prison gates for the 1960 film
Two-Way Stretch
starring
Peter Sellers
,
Wilfrid Hyde-White
and
Lionel Jeffries
.
The area was used for location filming of the 1970
Doctor Who
serial
The Ambassadors of Death
.
[91]
Due to its architecture, Bruneval Barracks in
Montgomery Lines
was chosen as the location for snowy scenes in
Kazan
, Russia, at the end of the 2009 James Bond film
Quantum of Solace
.
[92]
Parts of Aldershot's military training area were also used for the opening sequence in the 2002 James Bond film
Die Another Day
.
[93]
The Montgomery Lines were again used for
Brad Pitt
's film
World War Z
based on the novel by
Max Brooks
.
[94]
The HBO series
House of the Dragon
filmed a number of scenes for the third episode on the Ceaser's Camp military training ground on the border of
Farnham
and Aldershot.
Twin towns ? sister cities
[
edit
]
Rushmoor is
twinned
with:
[95]
See also
[
edit
]
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Riding Facility, Riem
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Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont
,
Olympic Stadium
- 1980
:
Grand Arena
,
Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex
- 1984
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Fairbanks Ranch Country Club
,
Santa Anita Park
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Olympic Stadium
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Fontainebleau
,
Le Stand de Tir de Versailles
,
Piscine des Tourelles
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Amersfoort
,
Hilversum
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Campo Militar 1
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,
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,
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,
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;
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CSKA Football Fieldhouse
,
Dynamo Shooting Range
,
Swimming Pool - Olimpisky
,
Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex
- 1984
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Coto de Caza
,
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- 1988
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Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
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Mongchontoseong
,
Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
,
Seoul Equestrian Park
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- 1992
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,
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Piscines Bernat Picornell
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Real Club de Polo de Barcelona
- 1996
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Georgia International Horse Park
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Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
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Georgia World Congress Center
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21st century
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- 2000
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Sydney Baseball Stadium
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Sydney International Aquatic Centre
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The Dome and Exhibition Complex
- 2004
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Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre
- 2008
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Olympic Green Convention Center
,
Olympic Sports Centre
,
Ying Tung Natatorium
- 2012
:
Aquatics Centre
,
Greenwich Park
,
Copper Box
,
Royal Artillery Barracks
- 2016
:
Deodoro Aquatics Centre
,
Deodoro Stadium
,
Youth Arena
- 2020
:
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
,
Tokyo Stadium
- 2024
:
Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
,
Palace of Versailles
- 2028
:
VELO Sports Center
,
Dignity Health Sports Park
- 2032
: TBD
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