Service Accommodation

For single personnel, the station hosts the Officers' Mess, the WO & Sgts' Mess and barrack block accommodation for the junior ranks. Married personnel are generally accommodated within one of three areas, either on base, at Church Crookham a 10-15 min drive or Burghfield, some 30 minutes distance.

Service Families Accommodation

Service Families Accommodation for Odiham is controlled by DHE. Allocations of acoomodation are made by DHE Are Office 10 at Aldershot, Tel: 01252 348588. Move-ins are run by the local staff at Odiham, Tel 01256 702134 (Ext 7207 for WO/SNCO/Ors moving to Odiham Familes Quarters or Ext 7208 for Officers and Other Ranks moving to Alton and Burghfield). For people moving to Humphrey Park, please contact 01252 355195 or Mil 94722 8195. For those moving to Quetta Park, the telephone number is 01252 355193 or Mil 92722 8193.

DHE Liaison

Problems with Quarters should be addressed, in the first instance, to the local DHE staf on the above numbers. However, where particular problems occur, the RAF Odiham DHE Liaison Officer can be contacted in SHQ on Ext 7443.

Odiham Families Accommodation

There are 97 officers and 296 other ranks properties at Odiham, ranging from terraced housing to semi detached and detached houses. The quarters are situated about 1 mile outside the village of Odiham. There is a Spar shop on the Station. The village has a reasonable selection of shops, as well as a Post office and branches of Barclays and Lloyd’s Banks. The closest major supermarket is in Hook, about four miles from the Station.

A bus service is available to the village. It then goes either into Basingstoke, in the West, or Camberley to the East. Busses run every hour and more regularly in the ‘rush hour’. The closest railway station is at Hook, which is on the London Waterloo line. Services to Reading depart from Basingstoke. Road communications are good, being 3 miles from Junction 5 on the M3 and close to the A34.

The local Secondary School is within walking distance of the Station, as are the Junior and Infant Schools. Sixth form colleges are all a bus journey away.

Alton Families Accommodation

Alton Families Quarters are about 7 miles south of RAF Odiham. The 48 quarters are on a private housing estate, about 1 miles from the town centre. There are no Service facilities, but Alton is a small town with a reasonable selection of shops, including some of the High Street chain stores. Sainsbury’s is just behind the main shopping area. There is a sports centre, community centre and a small cinema. The railway station is on the outskirts of the town. Transport is provided for service personnel working standard day shifts. One of the secondary schools and the sixth form college are within walking distance of the accommodation.

Humphrey Park Accommodation

This is a development of 140 terraced houses, with small gardens, in Church Crookham on the outskirts of Fleet. Transport is provided for Service personnel working a standard day shift, 0800-1700hrs. On the estate, a Families Quarter, No 38, has been designated for use as a community centre. There is a play park for the children. The Secondary schools are a bus journey from the accommodation.

The shopping centre in Fleet is about 2 miles away from the quarters. In the town, there are various food stores and a good selection of shops. The quarters are also close to Aldershot and Farnham, where there are large Tesco and Sainsbury’s outlets. Fleet is on the main railway line to London. There is a bus service which runs past the quarters to the railway station. There is one bus a day, each way, from Redfield’s Garden Centre (next to quarters) to Odiham (term time only) and one every two hours to Camberley, where there is a large Marks & Spencer store.

Quetta Park Accommodation

Quetta Park is shared SFA with Army personnel from Church Crookham and Aldershot. There are currently about 40 RAF families living there. The estate consists of terraced houses and is well laid out, with a large grass area on which children can play. There is a purpose-built community centre. Busses run from quarters into fleet once an hour. It is also possible to travel to Aldershot and Farnborough on public transport. Transport is provided for service personnel, on working days. Fleet has a sports centre, concert venue and a night-club. Other social facilities may be found in the nearby town of Aldershot, including a dry-ski slope and cinema. The secondary schools are a bus journey away from the accommodation.

Burghfield (Clayhill) Accommodation

The quarters are on an estate on the outskirts of the village of Burghfield. There are 153 houses, which were originally built to accommodate American families attached to Greenham Common. There is one quarter that acts as the community centre for the estate. Burghfield village has a small number of shops. It is about 5 miles from Reading, which has excellent shopping facilities. RAF Odiham is 20 miles south of Burghfield. There is no service transport available, so it is desirable that wives are able to drive, if you are considering living here. However, there is a bus service into Reading from the estate. The secondary school is within walking distance of the accommodation.