Do you want a designated space in this car park which is located behind the shops in the upper High…read moreStreet. Car parking spaces are offered on a contract basis with payment monthly. The location is next door to the council's 'pay and display' car park and behind shops and restaurants such as Pizza Express. For details, 07970 803356

Dreadful at Costa. 5 people working and only 1 making coffee. I don't understand . Waited 20 min…read morefor a coffee

The Friary is Guildford's main shopping centre spanning three floors, several eating places, many…read moreshops, an underground car park, connected multistorey car park and bus station. Being the town's main mall it is always busy whether people are shopping there, eating there or just passing through to another part of town. There are several entrances allowing access from the bottom of North Street, the one way system, the bus station and the multistorey which is connected by an enclosed bridge. The car park is large but gets busy so probably best in Farnham Road or York Road carparks if you're visiting during a Saturday. There are many many shops offering the usual selection of high street brands - nothing special to report here. In the lower floor is a cafe and on the top floor is a food court. I believe there is currently a McDonalds, Spudulike and Chinese. I haven't been visited the court for a while now so I don't know what the other places are. On this floor is an eating area with views overlooking the town - not that pretty from here, but probably the best place to sit.

Good car park with quality, reliable parking close enough to the station for easy access. That…read morebeing said, it up is often very unclean so it's advisable to get in and out of there as soon as possible.

Car Park is most expensive in Guildford. There's broken…read moreglass in some of the car parking bays. Attendant is unhelfpul and rude. Avoid this car park. Use Farham Road Car Park instead

Tunsgate Square is a small shopping centre off Guildford High Street and next too the old Tunsgate…read morewool market (no longer a wool market). It has a small underground car park. The centre offers a high level of class than most other places in town with high end clothes shops, jewelry and homeware. The largest shops are Heal's and The Pier. The shopping centre consists of a long inclined mall and a brightly square of which the centre of taken up by a cafe that serves great light snacks. I recommend the Orleans panini. Even though the centre can be accessed directly from the High Street (as well as Tunsgate and Castle Street) it is never overally busy. It is very clean, spacious and well lit. This is a nice place to go if you want a decent sandwich away from the crowds but it does have a large number of shops and can be expensive.

Tunsgate Square is a small upmarket mall off the high street. There is a cafe in the central…read morecourtyard, and a selection of shops. The shops are targeted towards an older, classier group of people and the atmosphere in the mall reflects this. It tends to be pretty quiet even at peak times.

Guildford is an ancient town, but its Cathedral is modern - to be precise, the only cathedral to be…read morebuilt on a new site in the southern province of England since the Reformation (Liverpool having been built in the north, and Coventry rebuilt). Whatever its status, there is no doubt that the Cathedral, set high on Stag Hill, completely dominates the town below. The need for a new cathedral came about when the diocese of Guildford was carved from part of Winchester diocese, in 1927, reflecting the population growth of the Surrey commuter belt in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The competition for its design was won by Sir Edward Maufe, who was appointed architect in 1933. The site was donated by Earl of Onslow - the name Stag Hill recalling the time when it was a Royal hunting ground. After the foundation stone was laid in 1936 by Cosmo Lang, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first major task was to insert hundreds of concrete piles into the clay of the hill to provide a solid foundation. This was completed in 1937, in the presence of Queen Mary. Work continued at a quick pace, but halted with the outbreak of War in 1939, with the chancel and crossing only partially completed. Because of the post-war shortage of building material, work did not recommence until 1952. It was consecrated in 1961 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth. Maufe's design is essentially a modern take on Early English Gothic, with clean lines and scale replacing ornament and detail, and a traditional plan of nave, transepts and chancel, with a robust 160ft (50m) crossing tower. The exterior has, however, often been criticised as being dull: built of red brick made from the clay taken from the hill itself, it has been unkindly likened to a large civic crematorium. Pevsner, the architectural critic and historian, was a little kinder, calling it "sweet-tempered, undramatic Curvilinear Gothic". I tend to share his view (just as well - who am I to dare to disagree with Pesvner..?): it's not my favourite modern building, but the scale and setting is dramatic and there is actually quite a lot of detailing, in the form of statues and decoration once you get close. And the views around are superb. I don't like the main road approach - it's a bit featureless and windswept - but the pedestrian approach via Cathedral Close is rather nicer. The interior is more widely admired, and is something of a shock after the exterior: the walls are faced with creamy, pale Somerset limestone with a floor of white Italian marble. Flooded with light through the tall lancet windows, the interior is awe-inspiring, the relative sparsity of decoration adding to the effect. The poet John Betjeman said "Its red brick exterior belies the really splendidly proportioned nave and aisles within". Quite. The interior has a number of chapels, some with modern carvings and sculpture, and there are memorials to previous Bishops. In the Ursula Porch are bricks signed by members of the Royal family (bricks were 'sold' to help pay for the cathedral), and the Treasury contains an impressive collection of gold and silver belonging to the Cathedral and various churches in the diocese. Guildford is famous for its choir school, and maintains a strong tradition of music: on my last visit, there was a choir and orchestra practising an impressive selection of Haydn, Bruckner, Mahler and Mozart. The Cathedral has step-free access via the West Door, a hearing loop for the deaf and is able to provide large print hymn books, orders of service and news sheets on request. There is a refectory providing refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea, a bookshop and gift-shop. The Cathedral contains a library of some 5000 theological texts, available to members only - details of access are on the web-site.

I've been going to Guildford for 50yrs but only got around to visiting the cathedral 2 yrs ago. I…read morewon't try to duplicate dmj1962's extensive review. A guy I work with in Farnborough contributed to the cost by buying a brick. He told me that it was designed to be rendered in white - if true, that idea was abandoned. The red brick exterior is a little stark & resembles a water works! Saying that, it's not ugly but utilitarian. The interior gives the impression of vastness & is a wonderful space that's covered in pale stone. The main entrance is under the west window. It comprises of 3 sets of glass doors that are etched & the surrounds carved. The organ pipes or at least some of them are above the entrance to the treasury in the North Transept that mirrors the the west doors in shape that cave large wrought iron gates. The organist sits opposite above the south transept that's accessed by a railed spiral set of steps to the south aisle. The cathedral is set on Stag Hill with the university directly north. A huge wooden cross erected well before WWII has a Naval connection is situated near to the eastern wall. Beyond that is a delightful garden dedicated to childhood with a sculpture of a boy & girl at play. The south edge of this garden lies a footpath that's the shortest route on foot to the railway station & town centre. The main drive up the cathedral is from Onslow Village splits in two before rejoining at the west doors. The north part houses a cafeteria, souvenir shop & administrative rooms. Car parking is beyond, also on the north side. There's also a path fom the south transept doors to the road below.

I have used this post office at times and although the staff are polite and carry out their jobs…read moreadequately they are not overly friendly and have sometimes appeared a bit short with customers in my opinion. There is minimal parking on the street outside but usually parking is available in the nearby petrol station or small car park next to the allotments (all free).

I live quite close to this post office but unfortunately, for any job I need to get done I usually…read morego to another post office that is more than twice the distance. Having gone there in the past I did not receive much help with renewing personal documents and their response to any queries I had was usually short and not helpful. I will not go there any more.

Just missed a connecting flight to the airport as there was a platform change at the last minute…read moreand mo one was told. Absolutely appallling... this isnt the first time that ive see this happen,their communication and customer service is a disgrace.

The County Town of Surrey is one of the major urban centres in the London commuter belt, and has an…read moreimportant railway station to match, used by over 6.5 million passengers a year, with a further half million changing trains here. Opened in 1845 on the line to Portsmouth, additional lines were built to Reading and Reigate in 1849, Horsham in 1865 (subsequently closed) and the 'New Guildford Line' to London via Epsom or Cobham in 1885. The station was rebuilt in 1880, but has always had a reputation as being grimy and in need of refurbishment. New buildings were provided in the late 1980s, as well as new platform canopies and, whilst they are not particularly inspiring as architecture, they are at least clean and bright. The Portsmouth line continues to provide the main service of fast and semi-fast trains into London (4 per hour), supplemented by slower half-hourly services via Epsom and Cobham, and regular services to Redhill, Gatwick Airport, Reading, Ascot. There are also less frequent long-distance cross-country trains to Birmingham and Manchester. There are two entrances: the main (east) entrance onto the Station Approach is best for the town centre, museum and castle, whereas Guildford Park Road entrance (via the footbridge) is better for the Cathedral and University of Surrey. Facilities include a travel centre, ticket office, car-park, car rental (Hertz), cash-point, taxi rank, bus interchange, cycle storage, café, W H Smiths, and disabled toilets. There is step-free access between the platforms, and from the main entrance (but not from the Guildford Park Road entrance).