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Recommended Towns & Villages near Farnborough

Caesar's Camp

Farnham (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

It was King Caedwalla of Wessex who, in 688 bestowed the Manor of Farnham on the Bishop's of Winchester...

H.G Wells

Woking (24 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction E)

In the 17th-century the old part of Woking was a thriving market town with a lively population...

Guildford - Surrey

Guildford (173 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction SE)

It has a High Street of mellow Georgian buildings, and despite changing times Guildford is a town that has managed to maintain its charm and character...

The old tree

Godalming (47 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction SE)

A feature of the town is its long narrow streets, these stretch out from the River Wey and are lined with several gracious historic properties...

Wonersh Cross, Wonersh, Surrey

Wonersh (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction SE)

Picturesque village on the road from Guildford to Cranleigh. Here visitors will find a wealth of timber-frame black and white properties dominating the narrow village streets, thus the village retains a lovely timeless atmosphere...

Hascombe, Surrey

Hascombe (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SE)

Part of the charm of Hascombe, are the several delightful gardens in the area, designed by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) celebrated landscape designer of the 19th and 20th-century...

Woodley

Woodley (16 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

There is much to do with England's great aviation history in the County of Berkshire, and at Woodley visitors will find the interesting Museum of Aviation which is appropriately.....

Mouse at home

Shere (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction E)

This lovely tranquil village on the picturesque Tillingbourne, nestles beneath the rolling countryside of the North Downs...

Turpins Cottage at Sonning-on-Thames

Sonning on Thames (14 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Berkshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction NW)

"the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river". - Jerome K. Jerome..

Jane Austen's house, Chawton, Hampshire

Chawton (37 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Hampshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SW)

In Chawton is the unassuming 18th-century cottage where Jane Austen once lived...

Lock keepers Cottage at Romney Lock, Windsor

Windsor (232 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NE)

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.....

Littleton Lake

Shepperton (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (14.8 miles, 23.9 km, direction NE)

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...

Reading, Berkshire

Reading (227 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NW)

This town lies on the extremities of the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills at a point where the waters of the rivers Thames and Kennet meet making the River Thames a major river for the rest of its journey to the sea...

Painshill Park

Cobham (40 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction E)

Cobham Mill rests on a picturesque stretch of the river surrounded by dipping weeping willows and graceful swans...

Eton College, Berkshire.

Eton (36 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NE)

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.....

A picture of Cranleigh in Surrey

Cranleigh (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)

The church is perhaps one of Cranleigh's most interesting features, in the south transept carved on an arch visitors can see the head of a grinning cat, this is believed to have been the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat...

Bray, Berkshire

Bray (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Berkshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction N)

Bray is a pretty place lying on a bend of the Thames a short distance from Monkey Island where there was once a fishing lodge belonging to the Dukes of Marlborough...

A picture of Burnham

Burnham (6 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (17.5 miles, 28.2 km, direction N)

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Henley

Henley on Thames (158 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction N)

Henley held the very first regatta in 1839 and in the year 1851 Prince Albert became Patron of the Regatta, thus giving the event the pretigious title of Royal Henley Regatta...

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Leatherhead (108 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction E)

This is an ancient town, where the parish church of St.Mary and St.Nicholas has existed since Anglo-Saxon times...

Recommended attractions near Farnborough

St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough

St Michael's Abbey (2 Pictures)

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

ST. Michael's Abbey is a beautiful Abbey Church built in the peace and tranquillity of the English countryside by the French.....

View from the Hog's Back, Near Guildford, Surrey

Hog's Back (2 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction SE)

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Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral (6 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction E)

This great Surrey cathedral is one of the few churches to come out of the 20th-century. Its design by Sir Edward Maufe had been.....

Scene in the walled garden

Loseley House (14 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SE)

This lovely gabled Elizabethan house, built of a greenish-grey ragstone from the ruins of nearby Waverley Abbey, was built around.....

From a distance (Guildford Castle)

Guildford Castle (27 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.6 km, direction E)

This is one of the few castles that the French did manage to capture. It was one of three English castle's taken by the Dauphin.....

Wellington Country Park, Hampshire

Wellington Country Park (1 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NW)

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Chilworth Manor, Near Guildford, Surrey

Chilworth Manor (1 Pictures)

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction SE)

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Virginia Water Lake, Virginia Water, Surrey.

Virginia Water Lake (16 Pictures)

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction NE)

Originally little more than a stream, Virginia Water Lake was begun in 1746 by William, Duke of Cumberland who was then Ranger of.....

Punch Bowl...in Valley Gardens...walk around Virginia Water Lake

Valley Gardens (4 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NE)

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Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey

Winkworth Arboretum (31 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction SE)

The magnificent landscape of Winkworth was begun in 1937 when Dr.Wilfred Fox took the opportunity to acquire a parcel of land.....

Punchbowl from top

Devils Punchbowl (6 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction S)

The Devils Punchbowl is situated in the east of Hindhead, the whole area is the largest open space in surrey. It is the gateway.....

Legoland, Windsor

Legoland, Windsor (58 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction N)

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Brooklands Motor Museum

Brooklands Museum (43 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction E)

This is a thrilling museum, where now that Concorde is retired, visitors can get the full Concorde experience without a costly.....

Display in Shere Museum

Shere Museum (1 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction E)

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The Summer house

The Vyne (17 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction W)

This house stands on a spot where once there may have been a Roman inn or villa. The name means "house of wine" which is a very.....

Jane Austen's House - Chawton

Jane Austen's House (16 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SW)

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Life Guards Band

Windsor Castle (170 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NE)

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

Dorney Court, near Windsor, Buckinghamshire.

Dorney Court (1 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction N)

Dorney Court is unusual in that it has passed by direct descent, father to son, through 13 generations of the Palmer family in.....

Polesden Lacy June 2011

Polesden Lacey (127 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction E)

Regency country house with renowned Edwardian interiors and gardens, set in beautiful downland countryside...

THE TOWER

Leith Hill (23 Pictures)

(18.1 miles, 29.2 km, direction SE)

Woodland, parkland, farmland and open heath with Leith Hill Tower commanding extensive views...


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