Guildford
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 152,148 inhabitants in 2025. Wikipedia
Population 77,057 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 23 of daylight
- February: 10 h 01 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 50 of daylight
- May: 15 h 34 of daylight
- June: 16 h 33 of daylight
- July: 16 h 09 of daylight
- August: 14 h 37 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 46 of daylight
- November: 8 h 56 of daylight
- December: 7 h 55 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Guildford
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Guildford's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 17
2 to 3 hours· 25
3 to 5 hours· 88
- Leuven3h
- Worcester3h 01
- Ghent3h 02
- Doncaster3h 04
- Stamford3h 08
- Derby3h 10
- Antwerp3h 11
- Liège3h 11
- Nottingham3h 11
- Stockport3h 11
78 moreFewer
- Exeter3h 15
- Warrington3h 16
- York3h 18
- Manchester3h 21
- Norwich3h 21
- Lier3h 25
- Wigan3h 27
- Runcorn3h 28
- Ath3h 30
- Bruges3h 31
- Salford3h 31
- Namur3h 32
- Swansea3h 32
- Rotterdam3h 34
- Altrincham3h 36
- Wakefield3h 36
- Sint-Niklaas3h 38
- Preston3h 41
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 41
- Sheffield3h 43
- Schiedam3h 43
- Leeds3h 45
- Kortrijk3h 46
- Chester3h 46
- Delft3h 49
- Bolton3h 51
- Shrewsbury3h 51
- Charleroi3h 52
- Hasselt3h 54
- Ostend3h 56
- Kingston upon Hull3h 56
- Lincoln3h 59
- Kerkrade4h 01
- Paris4h 01
- Liverpool4h 01
- The Hague4h 02
- Wrexham4h 02
- Huddersfield4h 07
- Dinant4h 08
- Durham4h 08
- Breda4h 09
- Heerlen4h 10
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 10
- Accrington4h 13
- Torquay4h 15
- Plymouth4h 16
- Dordrecht4h 16
- Leiden4h 17
- Amsterdam4h 22
- Blackpool4h 22
- Burnley4h 24
- Cromer4h 24
- Tilburg4h 25
- Spa4h 25
- Ludlow4h 26
- Lille4h 28
- Gouda4h 28
- Saint-Cloud4h 29
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul4h 32
- Zaandam4h 36
- Haarlem4h 37
- Weesp4h 37
- Hilversum4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Versailles4h 41
- Sunderland4h 42
- Utrecht4h 48
- Ypres4h 49
- Almere4h 49
- Eindhoven4h 49
- Bussum4h 49
- Amersfoort4h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch4h 52
- Llandudno4h 55
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Disneyland Paris4h 56
- Fontainebleau4h 58
5 hours or more· 55
- Scarborough5h 02
- Alkmaar5h 05
- Apeldoorn5h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Le Mans5h 24
- Geldrop5h 24
- Nijmegen5h 26
- Venlo5h 27
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Nelson5h 27
45 moreFewer
- Annan5h 28
- Deventer5h 29
- Tenby5h 37
- Vlissingen5h 38
- Edinburgh5h 40
- Arnhem5h 41
- Amiens5h 42
- Zwolle5h 43
- Reims5h 49
- Metz5h 55
- Rouen5h 55
- Zutphen5h 57
- Glasgow6h 04
- Penzance6h 14
- Enschede6h 16
- Calais6h 19
- Rennes6h 27
- Assen6h 27
- Chartres6h 28
- Greenock6h 36
- Strasbourg6h 40
- Kirkcaldy6h 40
- Groningen6h 44
- Nancy6h 46
- Le Havre6h 46
- Leeuwarden6h 46
- Nantes6h 49
- Stirling6h 53
- Lyon6h 58
- Dieppe7h 02
- Caen7h 03
- Perth7h 06
- Bordeaux7h 10
- Helensburgh7h 13
- North Berwick7h 13
- Saint-Malo7h 14
- Lanark7h 20
- Colmar7h 23
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Dundee7h 29
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Bayeux7h 35
- Delfzijl7h 43
From Guildford's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 15
2 to 3 hours· 23
3 to 5 hours· 54
- Doncaster3h
- Derby3h 03
- Runcorn3h 18
- Norwich3h 19
- York3h 24
- Lincoln3h 24
- Nottingham3h 25
- Lille3h 28
- Stockport3h 28
- Worcester3h 34
44 moreFewer
- Manchester3h 37
- Liverpool3h 38
- Chester3h 39
- Wakefield3h 40
- Sheffield3h 41
- Exeter3h 41
- Warrington3h 46
- Swansea3h 48
- Shrewsbury3h 53
- Wigan3h 57
- Leeds3h 59
- Paris4h 01
- Salford4h 04
- Altrincham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Cromer4h 11
- Wrexham4h 11
- Preston4h 11
- Kingston upon Hull4h 12
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Middlesbrough4h 18
- Bolton4h 21
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Huddersfield4h 26
- Torquay4h 26
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 31
- Scarborough4h 31
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Durham4h 37
- Aalst4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Accrington4h 42
- Plymouth4h 42
- Blackpool4h 47
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Burnley4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Guildford House Gallery Gallery · 100 m
- Guildhall Attraction · 150 m
- 13th Century Undercroft shop Museum · 270 m
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- Guildford Museum Museum · 370 m
- Dapdune Wharf Museum · 940 m
- Guildford Castle Attraction · 290 m
- Abbot's Hospital Attraction · 50 m
- War Memorial Memorial · 260 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Guildford International Music Festival
March
A biennial festival (2017, 2019, etc.) featuring many concerts across 2–3 weeks. Genres are mixed, and the festival brings high quality professional acts to the town
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Guildford Book Festival
October
Annual festival of literature featuring signings, readings, plays, etc
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Guildford); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 74 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Friary Centre Bus Station 400 m
- London Road (Guildford) 590 m
- Guildford 760 m
- Shalford 2.5 km
- Chilworth 3.9 km
- Farncombe 5.0 km
More train stations: Clandon 5.6 km, Worplesdon 5.8 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.