Godalming
Godalming is a market town and civil parish in south-west Surrey, England, around 30 miles (49 km) south-west of central London.
Godalming is a market town and civil parish in south-west Surrey, England, around 30 miles (49 km) south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers 3.74 sq mi (9.7 km2) and includes the settlements of Farncombe, Binscombe and Aaron's Hill. Much of the area lies on the strata of the Lower Greensand Group and Bargate stone was quarried locally until the Second World War.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Godalming Museum
Summer: Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, winter 10AM-4PM.
- 02Winkworth Arboretum
National Trust property with substantial collections of trees and shrubs, and attractive flowers in spring, set around lakes.
- 03Oakhurst Cottage
Hambledon, GU8 4HF (5 miles south of Godalming), oakhurstcottage@nationaltrust.org.uk.
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Things to do
- 01Farncombe Boat House
Hours vary by season, boat hire is not available during winter.
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Where to eat
There are various small restaurants in and around the High Street.
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Getting to Godalming
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 30 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 34 km · London Luton (LTN), 79 km
- Luton, Luton → Godalming78 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–11
- London, Essex → Godalming49 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £5–7
- Bristol → Godalming141 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Godalming
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Godalming. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFarnborough has a good network of cycle routes, the majority being either off-road or along lanes segregated from motor traffic.
From Wikivoyage: Farnborough, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Godalming
Godalming is 39 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.