Given the fact that this is a site all about Guildford, you might well have made your way here looking to learn about the town or in order to find out more about the things that you can do with your time in the area. The problem is, not everyone will know exactly where Guildford is and might therefore be wondering what the answer to that question is. The good news is that we’ve got you covered, explaining exactly where Guildford is located and what you need to do if you’re looking to travel to the town at some point in the future.
A West Surrey Town & Borough
The first thing that it is important to point out is that there effectively two different Guildfords. The first is the town itself, which boasts a population that is steadily creeping up towards 150,000. The second is the Borough of Guildford in which the town is situated. The Borough of Guildford is part of the county of Surrey, based in the South East of England. The borough not only includes the town but also a part of the Surrey Hills, with neighbouring districts including Surrey Heath, Reigate, Barnstead and Woking.
Whilst the borough and town are located in Surrey, they are more specifically to be found in the West of Surrey. The Borough is made of the following civil parishes:
- Albury
- Artington
- Ash
- Ash Vale
- Compton
- East Clandon
- East Horsley
- Effingham
- Normandy
- Ockham
- Pirbright
- Puttenham
- Ripley
- Seale & Sands
- Send
- Shackleford
- Shalford
- Shere
- St Martha
- Tongham
- Wanborough
- West Clandon
- West Horsley
- Wisley
- Worplesdon
Being More Exact
Nowadays, technology is such that we can be much more exact when it comes to trying to pinpoint the various locations that we might wish to spend some time visiting. The historic town can, for example, be located by heading to the latitude and longitude coordinates of:
51.240551, -0.580243
Obviously each of the town’s major landmarks have their own specific locations, but those latitude and longitude coordinates will get you pretty much to the heart of the town centre. Meanwhile, if you’d rather know what the location is in terms of a GPS coordinate then it would be as follows:
51° 14′ 25.9836” N and 0° 34′ 48.8748” W
One of the most helpful developments to those seeking out a particular location in recent years has been the invention of What3Words, which is a website and mobile application that has divided the entire world into 3-metre squares. Each square has been given a unique three-word designation that helps you to find precisely what it is that you’re looking for. With that in mind, if you wanted to find Guildford Railway Station then you could use the What3Words designation that follows:
edgy.scales.agree
Getting to Guildford
Now that you have several ways of finding out precisely how to get to Guildford, using either the What3Words designation, the GPS coordinates or else the latitude and longitude information, you might want to consider other methods of heading to the town. The good news is that there are plenty of different way to head along to Guildford, with Guildford Railway Station being one of the most obvious ones. Trains head into there from the likes of Portsmouth Harbour, Reading and London Waterloo, as well as Gatwick Airport.
Of course, not everyone will want to get the train and many people will be planning on driving to Guildford. If you fit into that bracket then it goes without saying that the roads that you will want to take will depend entirely on where you’re arriving from. That being said, the A3 goes pretty much straight through the town, so getting yourself onto that will be the first stage in your planned arrival. The M3 and M25 are the two closest motorways, so they’re the main ways to get yourself heading in the right direction.