Godalming is a historic parish and market town in the borough of Waverley, county of Surrey, in England. It sits on the banks of the River Wey at the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with a high street of timber-framed and Georgian buildings, a local museum and a lively independent shopping scene.
Long associated with milling and the wool trade, Godalming is also notable for having one of the earliest public electricity supplies (installed in 1881). The local economy is centred on retail, professional services and tourism, and the town’s riverside walks, towpaths on the Wey Navigation and good rail links to London make it popular with commuters and community groups staging arts events and festivals.
Postcode districts covering Godalming
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 24 miles
- Sutton 21.9 miles
- Crawley 18.9 miles
- Slough 22.6 miles
- Basingstoke 21.6 miles
- Woking 8.4 miles
- Bracknell 16.5 miles
- Guildford 4.2 miles
- Maidenhead 23.2 miles
- Hounslow 22.1 miles
- Aldershot 7.4 miles
- Farnborough 9.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse Ward 0.6 miles
- Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall Ward 0.6 miles
- Godalming Central & Ockford Ward 0.6 miles
- Godalming Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Farncombe Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Godalming Holloway Ward 0.8 miles
- Busbridge Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Munstead Heath Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Peasmarsh Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Norney Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Shackleford Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Compton Parish 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Godalming
GU7 1GL, GU7 9TF, GU7 1XN, GU7 1DT, GU7 1EN, GU7 2NU, GU7 1RD, GU7 2FJ, GU7 9ND … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 18.9 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 20.6 miles
- Godalming Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Farncombe Railway Station 0.6 miles
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Schools in Godalming
- Broadwater School Secondary
- Busbridge C of E Aided Junior School Primary
- Charterhouse Independent - secondary
- Farncombe C of E Infant School Primary
- Godalming College Further education
- Godalming Junior School Primary
- Loseley Fields Primary School Primary
- Moss Lane School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Hilary's School Independent - primary
Local points of interest
- Foxall Wood Forest 2.6 miles
- university of surrey University 3.8 miles
- Britty Wood Forest 4.2 miles
- Waverley Abbey Archaeological site 6.7 miles
- Recreation Ground Stadium 7.4 miles
- Aldershot Military Museum Museum 8.2 miles
- Kingfield Stadium Stadium 8.4 miles
- The Farnum Museum Museum 8.5 miles
- Jamia Ahmadiyya UK College 8.6 miles
- Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Museum 8.8 miles
- RHS Garden, Wisley Gardens 10.4 miles
- Polesden Lacey Estate 11.4 miles