Guidebook for Farnborough

Linda
Guidebook for Farnborough

Food Scene

Prezzo Italian Restaurant Farnborough
25 Kingsmead
Chop House Restaurant, Starbucks - outdoor seating area, free parking but coffee more expensive
Village Hotel Farnborough
Pinehurst Road
Chop House Restaurant, Starbucks - outdoor seating area, free parking but coffee more expensive
Starbucks Coffee
Queensmead
Fantastic Nepalese and Indian food. Will deliver for free.
6 locals recommend
Everest Tandoori
69 Lynchford Rd
6 locals recommend
Fantastic Nepalese and Indian food. Will deliver for free.
New. Haven't eaten here but should be good value.
Beefeater Farnborough
3 Kingsmead
New. Haven't eaten here but should be good value.
Quirky. Gets good reviews.
10 locals recommend
Malacca
94 Reading Rd
10 locals recommend
Quirky. Gets good reviews.

Drinks & Nightlife

Do Monday deals. Does 'Real Ale'. Probably a bit too rustic for children. Walkable.
116 locals recommend
Prince of Wales
Cleaver Square
116 locals recommend
Do Monday deals. Does 'Real Ale'. Probably a bit too rustic for children. Walkable.
Newly refurbished.
23 locals recommend
The Swan
91 Farnborough Rd
23 locals recommend
Newly refurbished.
Adjacent barn.
Crown & Cushion
Minley Road
Adjacent barn.
Small garden Walkable.
6 locals recommend
Squirrel
11 Greater
6 locals recommend
Small garden Walkable.
We haven't eaten here but is is highly recommended.
Aviator Hotel Hampshire
55 Farnborough Rd
We haven't eaten here but is is highly recommended.
Food and drink - can sit out on deck and look at lake. Walkable from the house.
12 locals recommend
Kingfisher on The Quay
Coleford Bridge Road
12 locals recommend
Food and drink - can sit out on deck and look at lake. Walkable from the house.

Sightseeing

Napoleon 111 buried here. Booking necessary as a working Abbey.
St Michael's Abbey Press Ltd
280 Farnborough Rd
Napoleon 111 buried here. Booking necessary as a working Abbey.
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum
85 Farnborough Rd
8 locals recommend
Only a small museum but interesting and accessed in Army Town.
9 locals recommend
Aldershot Military Museum
Queen's Avenue
9 locals recommend
Only a small museum but interesting and accessed in Army Town.

Entertainment & Activities

13 locals recommend
Vue Cinema Farnborough
Queensmead
13 locals recommend
Within the Sports Centre.
Farnborough Bowl
Westmead
Within the Sports Centre.
Trampolines and lots of fun. Friday night is specifically for teenagers.
7 locals recommend
Gravity Force Camberley Trampoline Park
6-7 Admiralty Way
7 locals recommend
Trampolines and lots of fun. Friday night is specifically for teenagers.
15 locals recommend
Cineworld Aldershot
Unit 5 Princes Way
15 locals recommend
Head to a park or our garden to see the planes perform!
6 locals recommend
Farnborough International Airshow
Etps Road
6 locals recommend
Head to a park or our garden to see the planes perform!

Getting Around

14 locals recommend
Farnborough Airport
14 locals recommend
Fast train 35 minutes to Waterloo. Slow train 45 minutes but you are more likely to get a seat. Book 'group' tickets on National Rail Enquiries to reduce cost.
Main Rail Station (Stop R)
Fast train 35 minutes to Waterloo. Slow train 45 minutes but you are more likely to get a seat. Book 'group' tickets on National Rail Enquiries to reduce cost.
Access to Gatwick. Can walk to house from station.
Farnborough North station
Access to Gatwick. Can walk to house from station.
Local Buses to Aldershot, Farnham, Camberley etc.
Kingsmead
Kingsmead
Local Buses to Aldershot, Farnham, Camberley etc.

Everything Else

Historic Town - beautiful. Has a host of restaurants, bars and boutique shops. Maison Blanc - cafe Wheatsheaf - Pub and Restaurant Lion and Lamb Yard: cafes, Cote Brasserie, boutique shops Piccolo - Italian Restaurant Brasserie Blanc - French Cuisine Bill's on Castle Street - American Style Lots of pubs on the outskirts: Spotted Cow, Bat and Ball, Barley Mow (Tilford).
29 locals recommend
Farnham
29 locals recommend
Historic Town - beautiful. Has a host of restaurants, bars and boutique shops. Maison Blanc - cafe Wheatsheaf - Pub and Restaurant Lion and Lamb Yard: cafes, Cote Brasserie, boutique shops Piccolo - Italian Restaurant Brasserie Blanc - French Cuisine Bill's on Castle Street - American Style Lots of pubs on the outskirts: Spotted Cow, Bat and Ball, Barley Mow (Tilford).

Essentials

8 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
6 Queensmead
8 locals recommend
Better quality but only possible with a car.
6 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners
Frimley High Street
6 locals recommend
Better quality but only possible with a car.
Great value
7 locals recommend
Lidl
Molly Millars Lane
7 locals recommend
Great value