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Recommended Towns & Villages near Staines

Shepperton Village Hall.

Shepperton (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

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...

Windsor Castle

Windsor (232 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction NW)

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.....

Eton College in Berkshire.

Eton (36 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (5.6 miles, 8.9 km, direction NW)

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.....

Hampton Court Palace and Gardens - Privy Garden and South Facade

East Molesey (84 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction E)

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...

H.G Wells

Woking (24 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

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

Cobham, Surrey.

Cobham (40 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (8.4 miles, 13.6 km, direction SE)

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

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges

Stoke Poges (4 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction N)

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A picture of Burnham

Burnham (6 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction NW)

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Bray, Berkshire.

Bray (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Berkshire (9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction NW)

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...

Denham, Buckinghamshire

Denham (15 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (9.6 miles, 15.4 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.....

Kew Gardens Railway Station

Kew (115 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (10.5 miles, 16.8 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'...

Autumn, Walpole Park, Ealing

Ealing (37 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NE)

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

Epsom Racecourse, Surrey

Epsom (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)

Epsom, is known world-wide for what is perhaps the most famous horse race of all time - The Derby...

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Leatherhead (108 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction SE)

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

Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels

Beaconsfield (18 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

On arrival in Beaconsfield you are immediately struck by the spaciousness of its wide streets and the wonderful show of Victorian buildings and houses in the main street...

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

Hammersmith (18 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction E)

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

The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation Home, Fulham Road, Fulham Broadway

Fulham (53 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction E)

It is the home to both Fulham Football Club and Chelsea, both play at Premiership level, thus some of the football's most talented and highly paid stars can often be spotted strolling along Fulham's streets...

Weyside Path to Godalming, Surrey

Guildford (173 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction S)

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...

Fungi

Farnborough (63 Pictures)

in the county of Hampshire (14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction SW)

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...

Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth (168 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction N)

This is a lovely old town where three rivers meet, it has lakes and watermeadows, and during the 20th-century was known for having one of the finest bathing lakes, close to.....

Recommended attractions near Staines

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

Valley Gardens (4 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

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Air Lingus

Heathrow Airport Visitor Centre (6 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction NE)

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

Virginia Water Lake, Virginia Water, Surrey.

Virginia Water Lake (16 Pictures)

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction W)

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

Life Guards Band

Windsor Castle (170 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction NW)

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

Brooklands Motor Museum

Brooklands Museum (43 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction SE)

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

Legoland, Windsor

Legoland, Windsor (58 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)

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Twickenham Rugby Ground

Twickenham (1 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction E)

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Bushy Park, London

Bushey Park (27 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction E)

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Hampton Court

Hampton Court Palace & Gardens (328 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction E)

These beautiful gardens set around an illustrious castle given by Henry IV to Rowland Leinthall, who was later knighted by Henry.....

Dorney Court, near Windsor, Buckinghamshire.

Dorney Court (1 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction NW)

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

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

Syon House (5 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.7 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.....

Alpine house

Kew Royal Botanical Gardens (250 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction E)

For over two hundred and fifty years, the gardens at Kew have been the dream and vision of talented gardeners, and the.....

Looks a bit limp

Kew Palace (14 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction E)

See also Kew Royal Botanical Gardens..

Tulips in Long Garden, Cliveden

Cliveden (78 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction NW)

This great house built for the Dukes of Buckinghamshire in the 1850's by Charles Barry overlooks the lovely wooded banks of the.....

London - Chiswick House, Sept 2002

Chiswick House (16 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction E)

Few can resist this fine classical building which was the creation of Lord Burlington, patron of the arts in the early part of.....

The London Wetland Centre. Sunset over lagoon.

London Wetland Centre (15 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction E)

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Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral (6 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.5 km, direction S)

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.....

Polesden Lacy June 2011

Polesden Lacey (127 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction SE)

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

Mickleham Priory, dates back to 10th century

Mickleham Priory (1 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SE)

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Bekonscot Model Village, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Bekonscot Model Village (56 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NW)

For many the idyll of rural life as it was in the 1930's has gone forever, but it's charm can be re-discovered at Bekonscot Model.....


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