Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area

Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area and Aldershot Urban Area are names used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation spanning the borders of Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire in England,[1] and covering an area of 81.9 km2.

The ONS found a population of 266,358 in 2021[1] (up 4.66% from the 2011 figure of 254,499 residents).

[3] Most of the conurbation lies alongside the River Blackwater which gives a wider area including Fleet (which is not geographically in the Blackwater Valley) the alternate name of Blackwater Valley.

[4] The area forms part of the London metropolitan area[5] and borders the Metropolitan green belt.

It almost adjoins the somewhat lower density Reading/Wokingham Urban Area at Sandhurst.