Discreet Dining in Woking
Woking is a commuter town on a Waterloo main line, so its evenings follow the trains. Here are three corners where dinner is easy, and what the town's rhythm means for planning one.
The town centre for a dinner close to the station
The streets around the station hold many of the town's places to eat, an easy stroll from the platforms. It is the simplest place to eat if either of you is arriving by train, though the mood is brisk and the area can thin out later in the evening.
The streets around the station hold many of the town's places to eat, an easy stroll from the platforms.
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Horsell for a village evening beside the common
Horsell is the village on the northern side where Horsell Common begins, the heath H. G. Wells chose as the Martian landing site in his novel. It suits a gentle, local dinner at an easy pace. Without a car, plan on a taxi from the station, since it is out of walking range.
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Somewhere to book a room or a table for the evening, in Woking itself.
West Byfleet for a quieter table with its own station
West Byfleet, in Woking borough, has its own station and a compact group of shops and places to eat around Station Approach. It has a calm, residential feel, and it suits anyone coming from nearby villages who would rather not go into the town centre.
West Byfleet, in Woking borough, has its own station and a compact group of shops and places to eat around Station Approach.
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Last trains and taxis
Woking works around its station, an interchange on the South West Main Line with fast trains to Waterloo. The commuter rush eases later in the evening, when the centre settles. Horsell is a taxi ride from the platforms and West Byfleet has its own station, so plan the return, and check the last fast train to London before dessert.
Woking works around its station, an interchange on the South West Main Line with fast trains to Waterloo.
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Some members live in Woking itself, and others come in from Guildford, Weybridge, Chertsey, Camberley and Farnham, usually by road or on the Waterloo line.
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