Sandhurst is a town on the south eastern edge of the county.
The town has Anglo-Saxon origins, the name is probably derived from the sandy soils and hursts (or tree covered hills) in the area. However, Sandhurst is not mentioned until 1175. For centuries Sandhurst remained a small farming village on the edge of Windsor forest.
The big change came to Sandhurst in the 19th century when the Royal Military College moved to there from Marlow in 1812. This helped the village grow into a town with expansion continuing into the 20th century with the building of new housing estates.
Sandhurst gained a railway station in the 1850s though this was only temporary, the current Sandhurst station dates from 1909.
