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Bordon (also known as "Bordon and Whitehill" if the adjourning village to the south is included) is a small town in East Hampshire, about 10 miles north of Petersfield along the A325 (the Greatham-Farnham road), in south England. The busy A325 passes through the town. Whitehill is presumably named after the hill that greets motorists on the main road as they enter the village from the south.

Part of Bordon is in the parish of Headley. There is a bus link to Liphook railway station, and Stagecoach bus 18 passes through the town on the way from Haslemere to Farnham and Aldershot. Stagecoach bus 13 also passes through as it travels between Liphook and Alton. There is also bus 211 which travels between Bordon and Whitehill.

Historically, the town was an important army base with a railway station--as is nearby Aldershot, especially during World War II, when the railway line was used to transport personnel to the coast. Bordon Camp was home to the Canadian Army during both of the world wars and the village is dotted with concrete slabs on which tanks and armoured cars were parked. The Longmoor Army Ranges, a large forest with tracks and firing ranges, is south of the town. The perimeter track, especially between Greatham and Whitehill, used permissively by walkers.

The track is also used unofficially by cyclists to avoid the busy, narrow A325--which the track runs roughly parallel to. Many pavements next to the A325 in Bordon and Whitehill and in other busy roads nearby have been widened and designated cycle-paths, and many pavements not officially cycle-paths are routinely ridden on by cyclists avoiding mixing with the heavily-trafficked main road. This can create ambiguity at junctions however, and encourages cyclists to cross as pedestrians and disregard roundabouts and traffic lights. Many B-roads (minor roads) to adjoining villages such as Lindford are also very busy.

The town has several shops spread out over the area but no central location such as a high street since the town was historically an army camp and toll road to Farnham, not a market-town like nearby Petersfield, Alton and Farnham. The town has a Tesco supermarket, a One Stop convenience store, a small shopping centre, a few petrol stations, a tattoo parlour and various takeaway and video rental outlets. Local radio station Delta FM also moved to new premises in Bordon at the end of 2005.

It also has Mill Chase comunity school and leisure centre, a secondary school designated a technical college which doubles as a leisure centre run by D C Leisure Management.

Bordon is also home to the Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre - [1]

For local history see Woolmer Forest Heritage Society [2]