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Tree Reflections – Guildford

Guildford (173 Pictures) in the county of Surrey

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction NE of Compton)

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...

St Andrew's Church, Farnham, Surrey

Farnham (35 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction W of Compton)

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

At Farnborough Air Show

Farnborough (63 Pictures) in the county of Hampshire

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NW of Compton)

This town is listed in the Doomsday Book of 1086, then it was a mere settlement which over the passing centuries developed into a village...

Painshill Park

Cobham (40 Pictures) in the county of Surrey

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction NE of Compton)

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

St. Martin's Church, Dorking

Dorking (68 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction E of Compton)

It is here that romantically Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton said their good byes before Nelson departed for the Battle of Trafalgar in the year 1805...

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Scene in the walled garden

Loseley House (14 Pictures)

(1.1 miles, 1.7 km)

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

Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral (6 Pictures)

(2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction NE)

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.....

From a distance (Guildford Castle)

Guildford Castle (27 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction NE)

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.....

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

Hog's Back (2 Pictures)

(3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction W)

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Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey

Winkworth Arboretum (31 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.5 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.....

Chilworth Manor, Near Guildford, Surrey

Chilworth Manor (1 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.2 km, direction E)

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Display in Shere Museum

Shere Museum (1 Pictures)

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction E)

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