Watchmoor

Watchmoor
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CAMBERLEY
Postcode district GU15
Dialling code 01276
Police Surrey
Fire Surrey
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Watchmoor is an area in Camberley, Surrey, England, off the A331 road. It is located opposite the Blackwater Valley Path. In 2017 a footpath and cycleway was built between Blackwater railway station and the Sainsbury's supermarket.

Watchmoor consists of Watchmoor Park business park, Watchmoor Point industrial estate, the Sainsbury's Watchmoor Park Superstore and the Watchmoor Reserve nature area.

Watchmoor Park business park

Watchmoor Park business park was developed in the late 1980s and the early 1990s by the asset management company L&M. It is home to the offices of several large companies including Telent, Jaegermeister, BTG, Unisys, Novartis, Bachy Soletanche, Dc Leisure and Herrington & Carmichael.

Watchmoor Point industrial estate

Watchmoor Point industrial estate is located adjacent to the Watchmoor Park business park.

Sainsbury's Watchmoor Park Superstore

In 1987 J Sainsbury plc and Metropolitan Estates Ltd planned a 37,000 sq ft Sainsbury's supermarket and an adjacent Homebase store on the part of the Watchmoor Park site which used to be a household rubbish tip. However, the Homebase plan was later abandoned, which was opened in 1990 off The Meadows roundabout instead (the Homebase store has since been closed and replaced by a Next store).

In the end, a 36,000 sq ft Sainsbury's supermarket was opened on 23 June 1992 by the then Chairman Lord (John) Sainsbury himself. The store was almost doubled in size to 66,900 sq ft in 2004. In 2013, Sainsbury's tried to demolish its store and re-build it to over 100,000 sq ft to better compete with the Tesco Extra in The Meadows, but this application was unsuccessful.

Watchmoor Reserve

Watchmoor Reserve

As part of the Sainsbury's development, a 13-acre nature area, Watchmoor Reserve, was created. It is owned by Surrey Heath Borough Council. Built on the site of scrubland, it was opened in Autumn 1992 and houses an outdoor classroom for children, trees, sculptures, a butterfly habitat area, a turfed viewing mound, three ponds and a 70x30 metre lake with reed beds and its own bird sanctuary island.

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