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Littleton Sailing Club

Shepperton

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction S)

The charming village of Shepperton was once the haunt of legendary highwayman Dick Turpin who is said to have visited the village's 400 year hostelry - the atmospheric Anchor Hotel overlooking Church Square...

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Denham, Buckinghamshire

Denham

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction N)

This picturesque village is set in rich wooded countryside. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and it has many attractive brick and timbered cottages, covered in colourful.....

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St John The Evangelist, Eton, Berkshire

Eton

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction W)

Situated just over the river Thames from Windsor, Eton is best known for its world famous ancient public school, which was attended by both Prince Harry and William, and many.....

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Hampton Court Way Bridge (Hampton Court Palace is just across the river to the right)

East Molesey

(6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction SE)

This picturesque pleasant place is fortunate to lie between the waters of the historic River Thames and the River Mole. It is perhaps best known for Hampton Court Palace, the building started by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514...

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West Ealing

Ealing

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction E)

Ealing is a thriving place which is now hugely cosmopolitan and has a wide range of multi-cultural offerings...

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Windsor

Windsor

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction W)

Windsor, or rather Royal Windsor, is a seductive mix of history and romance with a unique atmosphere. It is a place where the sense of history is never far away, it is a town.....

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Kew

Kew

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction E)

Kew is just downstream from the delights of Richmond, and is best known for the Royal Botanic Gardens, or as they are more popularly known 'Kew Gardens'...

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St Giles Church, Stoke Poges

Stoke Poges

(7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Burnham

Burnham

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction NW)

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London River Thames Hammersmith Bridge at sunset, New Year's day 2006.

Hammersmith

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction E)

Hammersmith developed around the River Thames, which is crossed via a graceful suspension bridge designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette...

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Heathrow Airport Visitor Centre

(0.0 miles, 0.0 km)

An insight into the past, present and future of Heathrow airport. For all age groups..

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Osterley Park & House

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction E)

Magnificent neo-classical house with fine Adam interiors, landscape park and 18th-century gardens...

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Twickenham Rugby Ground

Twickenham

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction E)

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Magna Carta - The information board.

Runnymede

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction W)

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Stealth

Thorpe Park

(5.6 miles, 8.9 km, direction SW)

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Rise and Fall

Black Park Country Park

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction NW)

Only 15 miles from London make this Country Park a very popular escape into nature from the city. The main attraction is the.....

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London River Thames. Syon Park and house from the towpath by Kew Gardens.

Syon House

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction E)

This is the magnificent house that made Robert Adams. At only twenty nine years of age he was commissioned to decorate Syon.....

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Life Guards Band

Windsor Castle

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction W)

Apart from being the largest inhabited castle in the world, Windsor is arguably the best known, and on any visit to the town, it.....

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Marble Hill House

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction E)

This is a house built for a Royal mistress. It is a small, beautifully proportioned and lavishly furnished Palladian villa,.....

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Ham House near Richmond, Surrey

Ham House

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction E)

Unique 17th-century house with sumptuous interiors, original collections and partially restored formal gardens...

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