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Photo of Windsor Castle, a castle near Eton, Berkshire, south east England.

Windsor CastlePhoto Zaymuel / Unsplash

Places to explore near Staines StationStaines

43 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

0.6 km SW · 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.

0.6 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of Runnymede, a country estate near Eton, Surrey, south east England.Highlight

Runnymede

Country estate near Eton

Thames-side meadow where Magna Carta was sealed.

3.7 km W

Photo of Harmondsworth Barn, a landmark near Eton, London, England.Highlight

Harmondsworth Barn

Landmark near Eton

Vast oak-framed barn of the 1420s built for Winchester College near Heathrow, which John Betjeman called the Cathedral of Middlesex.

6.6 km N

Photo of Windsor Great Park, a Grade I registered house & garden near Eton, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Windsor Great Park

House & garden near Eton

Ornamental woodland garden in the royal park.

7.4 km W

Photo of Woven by Adam Smith at Coworth Park, a restaurant near Ascot, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Woven by Adam Smith at Coworth Park

Restaurant · With rooms near Ascot

Fine dining inside a Georgian country-house hotel amid parkland on the edge of Ascot.

8.5 km W

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

8.9 km N · spans 9 counties

Photo of Windsor Castle, a castle near Eton, Berkshire, south east England.Iconic

Windsor Castle

Castle near Eton

Largest occupied castle in the world.

9.1 km NW

Photo of Eton, a village in Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Eton

Village

Thames town whose High Street of old shop fronts runs from Windsor Bridge to Henry VI's Eton College

9.6 km NW · Berkshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

3.4 km E

Photo of Ankerwycke, a country estate near Eton, Berkshire, south east England.

Ankerwycke

Country estate near Eton

A National Trust place in Berkshire.

4 km W

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.

6.6 km SE · Surrey

The Loch & The Tyne

Gastropub near Old Windsor

Adam Handling's village pub near Windsor Great Park, reworked classics at good value.

6.8 km NW

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.

6.9 km NE · spans 5 counties

The Savill Garden

House & garden near Eton

Thirty-five acres of woodland garden begun by Eric Savill in 1932 at George V's request.

6.9 km W

Photo of Virginia Water Lake, a Lake near Chobham, Surrey, south east England.

Virginia Water Lake

Lake near Chobham

An eighteenth-century ornamental lake in Windsor Great Park, complete with cascade, transplanted Roman columns and a totem pole.

7.3 km W

Thorney Park

Country park near Eton

A country park in Buckinghamshire.

7.3 km N

Virginia Water

House & garden near Chobham

An ornamental lake ringed by a totem pole, a cascade and Roman columns from Libya.

7.5 km W

Everything else within 10 km (25) — 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.