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

Hampton Court PalacePhoto Ollie Craig / Pexels

Places to explore near Upper Halliford StationUpper Halliford

40 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 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.

1.7 km SE · spans 7 counties

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.

1.9 km SE · spans 7 counties

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.

7.1 km SE

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.

7.2 km E · London

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.

7.7 km E

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

8.8 km E

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.

9.2 km N

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.

9.2 km W

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.

9.2 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.

9.4 km S

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.

9.6 km N · spans 9 counties

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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.

2.5 km N

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.

4.1 km SW · 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.

4.8 km NE · spans 5 counties

Bushy Park

House & garden near Teddington

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

6.3 km E

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.

7.7 km SE

Cranford Countryside Park

Country park near Hayes & Harlington

A country park in London.

7.9 km N

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.

8.2 km SW · Hampshire & Surrey

Photo along the Capital Ring, a 78-mile long-distance path in England.

Capital Ring

Long-distance path

London's inner orbital walk, stringing together 78 miles of parks, canals and viewpoints through the middle suburbs.

9.5 km NE · London

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

Ankerwycke

Country estate near Eton

A National Trust place in Berkshire.

9.5 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (20) — 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.