CCTV Installation in Guildford

CCTV installers in Guildford, from the High Street to the villages

CCTV installation in Guildford is rarely the same job twice. The county town has a busy shopping centre around the cobbled High Street, large employers on the Surrey Research Park and Guildford Business Park, shared student houses near the University of Surrey and family homes stretching out towards the Surrey Hills. Each of those needs cameras in different places, so the first thing we do is work out which one you have.

Regency Security has designed and installed CCTV, door entry, access control and electric gates across Surrey since 1999. Every Guildford project starts with a free survey and an itemised written quote that shows what each camera will cover, and ends with the phone app set up and demonstrated before we leave.

CCTV for Guildford homes

Townhouses in the streets below the castle, family homes in Stoughton and Burpham and larger detached houses in Merrow all have different weak spots. Most need the front door, the drive and the side gate covered, and gardens that back onto footpaths or open land need a camera on the rear boundary too. We fit 4K cameras with colour night vision, so faces and number plates stay sharp after dark, and tune the motion alerts to pick out people and vehicles rather than foxes and wind-blown hedges.

Listed buildings and the town centre

Parts of central Guildford are conservation areas, and many shops, cafés and offices on the High Street and its side streets trade from listed or historic buildings. Cameras there still need a clear view of faces at the door and the till, but they should not dominate the frontage. We choose compact cameras in a colour that suits the building, keep fixings away from historic stonework and route cables inside wherever we can.

Student lets and HMOs near the university

Around Onslow Village, Park Barn and the roads between the town centre and the University of Surrey, many houses are let to students or shared by young professionals. Landlords want a front door that locks behind every tenant and entry that can be reset between tenancies without calling a locksmith. Door entry in Guildford HMOs is usually a video panel on the front door with keypad or Paxton fob entry, so when the tenants change you cancel the old fobs and codes and issue new ones. A camera on the entrance and bin store, angled away from bedroom windows and next door, completes the system.

CCTV installation in Guildford for businesses

Town-centre shops and restaurants, offices on the Surrey Research Park and Guildford Business Park, and units on the Slyfield and Woodbridge Meadows estates each need something different. Typical projects include:

• 4K cameras over tills, entrances and stockrooms, with footage that is quick to export if you need to hand it over
• Long-range and PTZ cameras for open yards, with alerts to your phone after closing time
• ANPR at car park and yard entrances, so every vehicle is logged
• Paxton access control in Guildford offices, for staff doors, server rooms and stores
• Rising-arm barriers and sliding gates to control vehicles on industrial sites

Gated homes towards Merrow and the Surrey Hills

Beyond Merrow, and south towards Shalford, Bramley and Shere, houses sit further back on longer drives, often with garages, stables or a garden office. If you are thinking about electric gates in Guildford or the villages around it, we check the width, slope and surface of the drive at the survey and recommend sliding or swing gates to suit. An intercom at the entrance can ring your phone, and a camera on the gate records every caller and vehicle. Before handover the gate is force tested with its photocells and safety edges in place, following Gatesafe guidance under our registration #2187.

Read more about our CCTV installation, door entry and access control and electric gates and barriers services, or call Steve on 01293 862865 to book a free survey in Guildford.