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Recommended Towns & Villages near Thorpe

Littleton Lake

Shepperton (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction E)

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...

Crooked House of WIndsor

Windsor (232 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (6.2 miles, 9.9 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.....

' Pegasus. '

Woking (24 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)

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

Eton College, Berkshire.

Eton (36 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (6.4 miles, 10.3 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.....

Cobham Mill, Cobham, Surrey

Cobham (40 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction SE)

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

Mitre Inn, Hampton Court Bridge, East Molesey

East Molesey (84 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (7.8 miles, 12.5 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...

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges

Stoke Poges (4 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction N)

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Bray, Berkshire.

Bray (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Berkshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 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...

A picture of Burnham

Burnham (6 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction NW)

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View from the top of Denham Lock

Denham (15 Pictures)

in the county of Buckinghamshire (11.4 miles, 18.3 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.....

Mount Cemetery in Guildford, taken in Spring 1999

Guildford (173 Pictures)

in the county of Surrey (11.9 miles, 19.1 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...

Kew Gardens Museum, Greater London

Kew (115 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction NE)

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'...

River Scene

Leatherhead (108 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Surrey (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SE)

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

West Ealing

Ealing (37 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (12.4 miles, 19.9 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 E)

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

At the air show

Farnborough (63 Pictures)

in the county of Hampshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 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...

St. James Church and War Memorial, Shere, Surrey

Shere (33 Pictures)

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

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

Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels

Beaconsfield (18 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction N)

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...

Wonersh Cross, Wonersh, Surrey

Wonersh (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Surrey (14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction S)

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...

Hammersmith Bridge, Hammersmith, London

Hammersmith (18 Pictures)

in the county of Greater London (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction NE)

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

Recommended attractions near Thorpe

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

Valley Gardens (4 Pictures)

(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction W)

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Virginia Water Lake, Virginia Water, Surrey.

Virginia Water Lake (16 Pictures)

(3.1 miles, 5.0 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.....

Brooklands Motor Museum

Brooklands Museum (43 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction SE)

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

Life Guards Band

Windsor Castle (170 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.3 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.....

Air Lingus

Heathrow Airport Visitor Centre (6 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

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

Legoland, Windsor

Legoland, Windsor (58 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction NW)

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Bushy Park, London

Bushey Park (27 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction E)

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Hampton Court

Hampton Court Palace & Gardens (328 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.7 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)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 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.....

Twickenham Rugby Ground

Twickenham (1 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NE)

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

Syon House (5 Pictures)

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction NE)

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)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NE)

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)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction NE)

See also Kew Royal Botanical Gardens..

Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral (6 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 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.....

From a distance (Guildford Castle)

Guildford Castle (27 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.2 km, direction S)

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.....

St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough

St Michael's Abbey (2 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SW)

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

Tulips in Long Garden, Cliveden

Cliveden (78 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 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.....

Polesden Lacy June 2011

Polesden Lacey (127 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction SE)

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

London - Chiswick House, Sept 2002

Chiswick House (16 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction NE)

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

Chilworth Manor, Near Guildford, Surrey

Chilworth Manor (1 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction S)

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