About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, England. It is located 23 miles (37 km) south west of Charing Cross in central London.

Woking has a modern shopping centre called The Peacocks and an older shopping area, Wolsey Place. The main area for evening entertainment is around Chertsey Road which features restaurants serving a number of cuisines and there are also numerous bars and pubs. The Ambassadors cinemas and New Victoria Theatre can be accessed via the top floor of The Peacocks.

Woking has indoor swimming pools, "Pool in the Park", and a separate leisure centre. Outdoor facilities include tennis courts, five-a-side football pitches, a cricket pitch (during the summer), bowling greens, a crazy golf course, and a children's adventure playground. These leisure facilities are all located within the attractively landscaped Woking Park near to the town centre.

Woking has the largest public library in Surrey as well as being home to a new arts and heritage centre called 'The Lightbox'. The modern structure, located next to the Basingstoke Canal, was designed by architects Marks Barfield, the architects of the London Eye.

Woking is accessible from M25 motorway, M3 motorway & the A3. The A320, the main access road, passing through the centre of town, connects to the M25 junction 11 to Woking's north, and to the A3 to its south at Guildford. M3 motorway Junction 3 connects to Woking either via Chobham (B3046) or A322 & A324.

Woking mainline train station is situated on the Alton Line, Portsmouth Direct Line, South Western Main Line and West of England Main Line. Accordingly, there are frequent trains to and from London Waterloo (via Clapham Junction), a journey taking approximately half an hour. There is also the twice hourly Waterloo/Woking stopping service that calls at many stations between Waterloo and Woking.