It was in 1854 that the army came to Aldershot and this was soon followed by a new layout for a new town to be laid out to the South of Queen's Avenue. This new town would be the basis of accommodating around 2,000 extra families, and was thought up by George Grenfell Bains of the Building Design Partnership in 1960. Five years later another plan for a civilian section to be constructed.

South east of the station is where the old town of Aldershot used to lie and nowadays it is hard to find any trace of it.

In 1902 the Post Office was built in Station Road, also in this road is Wellington House which was a new office block, and in1904 a Town Hall was built by C. Hutchinson in Grosvenor Road.

St Michael's Church on Church Hill has a chancel with a nave built around the mid 1800s and All Saints church just west of Farnborough Road was brick built in 1863 and has a rather noticeable north east tower. Another church, St Georges in Queen's Avenue was built i 1892 and has been described as rather drab looking.

The Roman Catholic church of St Joseph is also in Queen's Road and was built in 1913 by George Drysdale a pupil and future partner of Leanoard Stokes and has been described as "one of the most impressive churches of its date"

BYGONE ALDERSHOT a lovely collection of photographs of the town in years gone by

St Andrews church		The crest at the gate of West Calvary Barracks
All that is left of Willems Bks is this gateway  fenced off and preserved, you can see two crests  one either side of the middle entrance - the two crests are identical. The plaque can just be seen beyond the nearer of the two crests - this was added to the gateway when the barracks were pulled down and this gateway preserved as it says in 1964.		E II R GATE TO WILLEMS BARRACKS Built in 1856 as part of a complex of three Barracks for a Brigade of Cavalry, each named after Battle Honours gained in the Flanders Campaign 1793 -1799. The gate was preserved when the Barracks were demolished in 1964
The Wellington Memorial		MONS                                           AISNE MARNE                                        YRPES This avenue is named after and in proud  memory of the gallant Old Contemptibles who served in the 1914-1918 war and was opened by Major General R.A.Bramwell-Davis CB DSO On Sunday 14th August 1958 The 44th Anniversary of The Battle of Mons
Photos kindly submitted by John Dove