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Photo of RHS Garden Wisley, a garden in Surrey, south east England.

RHS Garden Wisley© Mark / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Places to explore near Hersham StationHersham

35 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Claremont Landscape Garden, a garden near Esher, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Claremont Landscape Garden

Garden near Esher

Early English landscape garden with a grass amphitheatre, lake and island pavilion, worked on by Vanbrugh, Bridgeman, Kent and Brown.

2.3 km S

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

2.7 km NW · spans 7 counties

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

2.7 km NW · spans 7 counties

Photo of Hampton Court Palace, a Grade I registered house & garden in London, England.Iconic

Hampton Court Palace

House & garden near Hampton Court

Henry VIII's Thames-side palace, with Wren's baroque wing and the maze.

5.5 km NE

Photo of Painshill, a garden near Cobham, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Painshill

Garden near Cobham

Restored 18th-century landscape garden of follies, a crystal grotto and a serpentine lake set out by Charles Hamilton.

6 km SW

Photo of St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon, a church in Surrey, south east England.Highlight

St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon

Church near Stoke d'Abernon

Ancient Mole-side church holding what is often called England's oldest monumental brass, to Sir John d'Abernon of 1277.

7 km S

Photo of Strawberry Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden in London, England.Highlight

Strawberry Hill

House & garden

Horace Walpole's self-styled little Gothic castle of 1749, which launched the Gothic Revival.

7.8 km NE · London

Photo of Ham House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Twickenham, London, England.Highlight

Ham House

House & garden near Twickenham

A rare survival of a grand Stuart house, with formal 17th-century gardens right on the Thames at Richmond

9.1 km NE

Photo of RHS Garden Wisley, a garden in Surrey, south east England.Iconic

RHS Garden Wisley

Garden near Wisley

The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden, its trial fields, glasshouse and mixed borders spread across 240 acres by the Wey.

9.2 km SW

Photo of Marble Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden near St Margarets (London), London, England.Highlight

Marble Hill

House & garden near St Margarets (London)

A 1720s Palladian villa built for a royal mistress, with Alexander Pope's input.

9.8 km NE

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Photo of The Homewood, a house & garden near Ripley, Surrey, south east England.

The Homewood

House & garden near Ripley

A National Trust place in Surrey.

3.1 km S

Photo of the River Wey & Godalming Navigations, a river navigation running from Godalming to Weybridge, south east England.

River Wey & Godalming Navigations

River navigation

Surrey's seventeenth-century navigation, in the National Trust's care, from the Thames at Weybridge up to Godalming.

4.7 km W · Surrey

Photo along the London LOOP, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Erith to Purfleet, England.

London LOOP

Long-distance path

The 'M25 for walkers' — an orbital path through outer London's woods, commons and river valleys from Erith to Purfleet.

5 km NE · spans 5 counties

Photo of Cedar House, a house & garden near Ripley, Surrey, south east England.

Cedar House

House & garden near Ripley

A National Trust place in Surrey.

5.6 km S

Bushy Park

House & garden near Teddington

London's second-largest Royal Park, with roaming deer along Wren's mile-long Chestnut Avenue.

5.6 km NE

Photo of Horton Country Park, a country park near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.

Horton Country Park

Country park near Mickleham

A country park in Surrey.

7 km SE

Photo of Bedfont Lakes Country Park, a country park near Ashford (Surrey), London, England.

Bedfont Lakes Country Park

Country park near Ashford (Surrey)

A country park in London.

7.3 km NW

Photo of the Basingstoke Canal, a 32-mile canal running from West Byfleet to Greywell, south east England.

Basingstoke Canal

Canal

A heathland canal through Surrey and Hampshire's military country, restored over four decades and rich in dragonflies.

7.4 km SW · Hampshire & Surrey

Photo of Bookham Commons, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Mickleham, Surrey, south east England.

Bookham Commons

SSSI near Mickleham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey.

8.3 km S

Everything else within 10 km (16) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.