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C−History Grade
History of Camberley · Historic England

28 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside Camberley’s built-up area, 7.6 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Camberley is Grade II. 8.1% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town. Camberley grades C− for history: #52 of 65 in Surrey.

Listed buildings
28
7.6 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
8.1%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Camberley in 9 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

Through time

Camberley from 1890 to 1890

3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Bagshot Road, Camberley, Englandc. 1890
VictorianBagshot Road, Camberley, EnglandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Royal Military College, a favorite drive, Sandhurst, Camberley, Englandc. 1890
VictorianRoyal Military College, a favorite drive, Sandhurst, Camberley, EnglandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Royal Military College, bathing lake, Sandhurst, Camberley, Englandc. 1890
VictorianRoyal Military College, bathing lake, Sandhurst, Camberley, EnglandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Camberley’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 23neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 32% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*28 Grade II

Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).

What’s protected

Most of Camberley’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas17
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Street furniture1

17 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories.

Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.

Grade II

28 Grade II listed buildings

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 1.5% of Camberley

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Royal Military Academy (Former) Staff College11 ha
Upper Gordon Road to Church Hill, Camberley7 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 1,210 ha inside the built-up area.

21 of the 28 listed buildings stand in one.

Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

How the list grew

More than half of Camberley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1984 · 21
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 1 entry was listed in 1969. 21 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Camberley grades C− for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (28 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 38% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8.1%)More than 19% of UK towns

Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.

Homes by age

8.1% of Camberley’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

5%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
13%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
8.9%
1983–92
6.8%
1993–99
9.7%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
CamberleyEngland & Wales

5% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 13% of today’s homes.

Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (180 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

6 notable people born in Camberley before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

George Forestier-Walker
Frederick Twort
Charles Walter Simpson
Ernest Hanks
Harry Altham
Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye
18501875190019251950
Frederick Twort
Frederick Twort1877–1950 · British microbiologist (1877–1950)
Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye
Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye1897–1988 · British politician (1897-1988)
Ernest Hanks
Ernest Hanks1888–1965 · Association football player (1888-1965)
HA
Harry Altham1888–1965 · Cricketer (1888-1965)
GF
George Forestier-Walker1866–1939 · British Army general
CS
Charles Walter Simpson1885–1971 · British bird artist (1885–1971)

Everyone born in Camberley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Camberley

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Camberley36,787280C−
Frimley15,101130D
Hawley2,58150C−
Deepcut2,16310D−
Bagshot5,93090C−
Sandhurst20,220220C−
Blackwater7,17040D
Lightwater6,53950D
In brief

Camberley in brief

The official list counts 28 listed buildings in Camberley, including The Staff College. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas. Of the whole list, 61% are houses, terraces and villas. Frederick Twort (1877), Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897) and Ernest Hanks (1888) are among the 6 people born here before 1900.

Its homes are mostly newer: 8.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 21 of 28. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.

Questions about Camberley’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Camberley?

Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Camberley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Camberley?

2, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest are Royal Military Academy (Former) Staff College and Upper Gordon Road to Church Hill, Camberley.

When were Camberley’s buildings listed?

The first in 1969; the most, 21, in 1984.

Are there old photos of Camberley?

Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.

Who was born in Camberley?

Among people born before 1900: Frederick Twort (1877), Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897), Ernest Hanks (1888), Harry Altham (1888) and George Forestier-Walker (1866).

How old are the homes in Camberley?

8.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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