Many of the facilities are near the former A325, a toll road (turnpike) that connected Farnham to the A3 to its south and passed though Bordon and Whitehill; the A325 now by-passes the built-up area.

[citation needed] In November 2019, Mill Chase Academy closed after 60 years, being replaced by Oakmoor School.

Bordon Camp was first laid out in 1899 by the Highland Light Infantry, directed by Royal Engineers, and following interruption by the Second Boer War, was occupied by the army from 1903.

[3] Bordon Camp was home to the Canadian Army during both of the world wars and the town is dotted with concrete slabs on which tanks and armoured cars were parked.

In 2009, the governing Labour administration nationally announced Bordon as one of its tentative Eco-towns in consultative, outline plans.

[citation needed] The nearest railway station is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east in Liphook, which is on the Portsmouth Direct Line.

In 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies proposed reinstating a rail link with the town,[11] and a feasibility study, concluded in February 2012, was undertaken.

[13] The town is served by Stagecoach South bus routes to Aldershot, Liphook, Haslemere, Alton and Basingstoke.