'Most Enhanced Station' – Community Rail Awards 2020

Haslemere Information Hub
Your first stop in our lovely town

Open 10-12 Wednesday-Saturday
Website and social media 24/7

Whether you're visiting the town or just passing through, drop in to see us when you get off your train in Haslemere.

Our friendly and knowledgeable team of volunteers* will gladly answer all your questions about what to do, where to go and how to get there. And they have plenty of free literature, including leaflets and maps, to help you plan your time in the area.

Find us in the station forecourt, next to the main entrance. If we are closed, our outdoor display provides 24/7 information about the town and its surroundings.

*New volunteers always welcome.
Find the Info Hub on YouTube HERE
Walks by Visit Haslemere: Click HERE

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Signal box preservation initiative gathers pace

Chancellor of the Exchequer and South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt visits the InfoHub and signs up as a Friend of Haslemere Signal Box. He's pictured – after visiting the signal box – with Mark Killick (centre), from Network Rail, Wessex, and Haslemere Community Station chair, Ken Griffiths. The event was also attended by representatives of the signal box preservation group and South Western Railway.

Railwayana items boost museum initiative 
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Haslemere Community Station's bid to preserve the 1895-built Grade II  listed signal box after it becomes redundant in autumn 2024 is progressing rapidly.
Back in March 2023, the project won a significant boost when more than 20 local people at a Town Hall meeting expressed support for early plans to preserve the signal box as a community facility and museum.
The meeting effectively gave the go-ahead for the necessary planning and negotiation to move the project from concept to reality.
The box and its historic lever frame will become redundant with the switch to centralised control from Basingstoke in autumn 2024.
In close proximity to the existing Information Hub, the signal box is seen as a further tourism – and education – booster for Haslemere.
Delegates at the meeting pooled a wide range of railway and business know-how, as well as experience in marketing, publishing and public relations.
Comments, suggestions and offers of assistance are always welcome: please email Ken Griffiths. Read more about the signal box here.

Bookmark our dedicated signal box page to stay in touch.

Have you any pictures?

We're looking for old photographs of Haslemere Station, over the past 100 years – especially when there were busy goods sidings on both the 'down' side (where the car park was built in recent years), and on the 'up' side (now the industrial estate).
The age of the pictures is less important than their subject matter. However, they would be from a time when staff in the signal box were kept busy with passenger and goods trains, and frequent shunting movements.
As part of the plan for preserving the signal box, we're hoping to find images that underline its importance in days gone by.
If your family archives have any historical pictures of the station and goods yards, please get in touch.

Easy to get here, lots to do!

Enjoy the countryside

We are surrounded by beautiful countryside, offering stunning views and many trails to explore on foot or bicycle

Enjoy the travel

Haslemere is about an hour on the train from London Waterloo – and there up to four services an hour in both directions

Enjoy the town

Our two main shopping areas provide a wide range of retail outlets, as well as excellent coffee shops, pubs and restaurants

A quaint town with historical royal and literary links

Station nameboard
Haslemere is the highest station on the Portsmouth Line, and the southernmost town in Surrey.
The town dates from the 13th century, but most of what you can see today was built after the arrival of the railway in 1859.
We're enormously proud of our history, which includes a Royal Charter, signed by Queen Elizabeth I, and links with literary giants such as Alfred Lord Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw and George Eliot.

Blue plaque trail salutes town's famous names and events

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Our partner, The Haslemere Society, runs the Haslemere  Blue Plaque Trail, which identifies local buildings associated with famous people and events.

Find your first blue plaque outside the Info Hub at Haslemere Station.

To learn about all 15 plaques on the trail, pick up a leaflet at the Info Hub. The leaflet contains a map, headline details of the plaques and QR codes which take you to the full story behind each.

Alternatively, visit the Haslemere Society website.

Enhancing the visitor experience

Haslemere Info Hub is staffed by volunteers and is open as much as possible on weekdays and at weekends, especially from May to October.
It offers tourism advice, helping you to make the most of your time in the area. It also showcases local social and sporting events and businesses.
Situated in an annexe to the Victorian station building, the Hub is prominent on the station forecourt – affording easy access for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
The station is also served by buses to Guildford, Midhurst, Farnham, Alton and Aldershot.
In addition to ensuring you a warm welcome, Haslemere Community Station volunteers keep the station looking good by maintaining the flower beds on the platforms.
New volunteers are always welcome

Haslemere and the Community Rail Partnership


Haslemere Information Hub is the public face of  Haslemere Community Station – part of the Hills to Harbour Community Rail Partnership.
The CRP – a combination of the former Surrey Hills to South Downs and East Hampshire CRPs – promotes the area served by stations between Guildford and Portsmouth. These provide gateways to the South Downs National Park, the Surrey Hills,  and the many other attractions that are within easy reach of the railway line.
The partnership involves local and regional organisations working with South Western Railway, with guidance from the Community Rail Network.
The Information Hub complements the activities of Visit Haslemere, at Haslemere Educational Museum.
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