Onslow Village

Onslow Village is a sloped suburb on the western edge of Guildford. It forms a wedge between the A3 and A31 roads, directly below Henley Fort, an 1880s fort that is now a Scheduled Monument. Many of its residential streets are lined with beech hedges, and parts of the village are conservation areas.

A garden village

Onslow Village was planned after the First World War as a garden village. In 1920 Onslow Village Ltd bought 646 acres from the Earl of Onslow, aiming to build a self-contained community modelled on the Garden City movement. Funding ran short and the scheme was never fully completed.

In the village today

There is a small village centre with a parade of shops and a village hall. The Onslow Arboretum, developed by Guildford Borough Council, sits next to the recreation area. The Onslow Village Residents' Association was set up in 1956.