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Caesar's Camp

Farnham

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction W)

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

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At Farnborough Air Show

Farnborough

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction NW)

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...

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The Parish Church

Godalming

(5.2 miles, 8.3 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...

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Boats of the River Wey, Guildford, Surrey

Guildford

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction E)

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...

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Wonersh Church

Wonersh

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction E)

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...

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Hascombe, Surrey

Hascombe

(8.1 miles, 13.0 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...

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' Pegasus. '

Woking

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction NE)

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

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Village Church

Shere

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction E)

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

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Cranleigh, Surrey

Cranleigh

(11.5 miles, 18.5 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...

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English countryside

Alton

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction SW)

An historic market town which in recent times derived its prosperity from hop fields and the brewing industry, previously it had been a centre for wool and cloth...

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Aldershot Military Museum

(3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction NW)

The story of Aldershot Military Town, and the civil towns of Aldershot and Farnborough..

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Have we found the secret garden?

Farnham Castle

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction W)

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Scene in the walled garden

Loseley House

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)

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

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St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough

St Michael's Abbey

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction N)

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

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Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral

(5.3 miles, 8.5 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.....

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The Witley Centre

(5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

Countryside visitor and education centre...

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From a distance (Guildford Castle)

Guildford Castle

(6.4 miles, 10.3 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.....

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Birdworld & Underwater World

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SW)

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Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey

Winkworth Arboretum

(7.2 miles, 11.6 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.....

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Chilworth Manor, Near Guildford, Surrey

Chilworth Manor

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction E)

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