Hotels, Guest houses and bed & breakfast in around near Farnham, Surrey |
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Tucked into Surrey's southwestern corner, ten miles west of Guildford along the exposed ridgetop of the Hog's Back, lies FARNHAM . Smaller and, in parts, more charming than Guildford, Farnham moves at a slower pace. Despite its thousand-year history, the majority of Farnham's architecture dates from the eighteenth century, when the town enjoyed a boom period based on hop farming.
Farnham is home to Surrey's only intact castle , built around 1160 by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester, as a convenient residence halfway between his diocese and London. The castle was continuously occupied until 1927, but now houses a conference venue. Its keep (April-Sept daily 10am-6pm; Oct daily 10am-5pm), from where there are good views over Farnham's red-tile roofs to the Downs beyond, is the only part open to the public and holds a well shaft excavated from an earlier Saxon structure. Farnham's refined Georgian dwellings are at their best along the broad Castle Street , which links the town centre with the castle. Farnham is approximately 35 miles from Richmond by car. The train station , with frequent connections to London Waterloo, is over the river on the south edge of town, along South Street and over the bypass. The tourist office is in the council offices on South Street (Mon-Thurs 9.30am- 5.15pm, Fri 9.30am-4.45pm, Sat 9am-noon; tel 01252/715109 ). The town train station is on the Alton Line, which provides commuter links to London. The A31 Farnham bypass links the town by road to Winchester, Alton and Guildford, and the A325 links the town to the A3 (London-Portsmouth) at Greatham. |
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London Hotels | Farnham, GU10
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