Stanford Common is a small, largely residential neighbourhood and patch of open green space on the edge of Guildford in Surrey, England. It feels like a suburban common rather than a busy urban quarter: a mix of terraces and semis around playing fields and tree‑lined streets, popular with dog walkers and families and valued locally as a green lung close to the town.
Historically the area grew up around common land and smallholdings and today has a calm, community‑oriented character with local shops and services rather than heavy industry. Its convenience to Guildford’s shops, schools and transport links means residents tend to commute into the town or nearby employment hubs, while the remaining green spaces support neighbourhood events and modest wildlife interest.
Postcode districts covering Stanford Common
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 18.9 miles30.3 km
- Sutton 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Crawley 22.4 miles36 km
- Croydon 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Slough 16.3 miles26.2 km
- High Wycombe 24.5 miles39.5 km
- Basingstoke 20 miles32.1 km
- Woking 3 miles4.9 km
- Bracknell 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Guildford 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Maidenhead 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Hounslow 17.6 miles28.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Worplesdon Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Normandy & Pirbright Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Pirbright Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Fairlands Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Brookwood Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Wood Street Village Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Heathlands Ward 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Sheet's Heath Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Stoughton North Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Stoughton South Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Normandy Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Pyle Hill Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
Example postcodes in Stanford Common
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 15.2 miles24.5 km
- London Gatwick Airport 21.6 miles34.8 km
- Brookwood Railway Station 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Worplesdon Railway Station 2.3 miles3.8 km
Hotels near Stanford Common Ad
- Hilton Woking 4 4 miles6.5 km
- Aviator Farnborough 4 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Gorse Hill 4 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Worplesdon Place Hotel 3 1.2 miles2 km
- The Withies Inn 5 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Mandolay Hotel Guildford 4 4.3 miles6.8 km
- The Wheatsheaf by Innkeeper's Collection 4 4.4 miles7 km
- Holiday Inn Guildford 4 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Coworth Park - Dorchester Collection 5 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Holiday Inn Farnborough 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
Local points of interest
- university of surrey University 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Kingfield Stadium Stadium 3.7 miles6 km
- Aldershot Military Museum Museum 5 miles8.1 km
- Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Museum 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Recreation Ground Stadium 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Britty Wood Forest 6.4 miles10.3 km
- RHS Garden, Wisley Gardens 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Waverley Abbey Archaeological site 8 miles12.9 km
- Sunningdale Park Estate 8.2 miles13.2 km
- The Farnum Museum Museum 8.7 miles14 km
- Foxall Wood Forest 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Brooklands Estate 9.2 miles14.8 km