Key Facts

Construction facts

2,400 single en suite flats will be delivered in Aldershot under Project Allenby/Connaught
In total 4,800 soldiers will benefit from the new or refurbished living and working accommodation
Around 20 buildings have been demolished at St Omer Barracks
Across the garrison 104 new buildings will be erected
36 buildings will be refurbished
130 buildings demolished
Six new 36 man Single Living Accommodation blocks, all en-suite delivered in spring 2008

On the site of the old Defence School of Catering a soldier’s village will be built, which in all will provide accommodation for over 1000 soldiers, together with leisure and recreation areas.
New dining facilities have been provided which are modern and up-to-date and include an internet cafe, coffee bar and retail outlet
There is a 24 hour help desk provided by Aspire Defence on the garrison handling around 1,000 calls a month – 99% of which were answered within 30 seconds
All new buildings are built to high sustainable construction standards. They all reach the ‘excellent’ BREEAM rating
Around 260 sub contractors have worked on site at any one time

Aldershot Garrison’s centre of sporting excellence facilities include:

Athletics stadium – eight lane competition standard, 400m sandwich system track, full field event areas and all track and field equipment with an 1,130 seat stadium
Swimming centre – state-of-the-art 50m Olympic pool, Omega timing systems
Sports centre – two sprung floor sports halls, fully marked out for Olympic sports hall events, six squash courts, a fully equipped fitness studio, wet and dry changing and office suites
Boxing centre and Dojo
Hockey pavilion – two floodlit sand-based pitches
Tennis centre – four indoor and twelve outdoor courts
Three additional sprung floor sports halls
Fencing centre
Free weights area
170 acres of level grass playing fields