Places to explore near Whitton StationWhitton

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

2 km SE · spans 7 counties

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

2.1 km SE · London

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

3.2 km E

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

3.2 km E

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

3.5 km SE · spans 7 counties

A Robert Adam mansion and its lakes, hemmed in by the west London suburbs but still a proper green escape

4.5 km N

World Heritage botanic garden of the Palm House and the Pagoda.

4.5 km NE

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

4.7 km NE · spans 9 counties

London's largest royal park, roamed by red and fallow deer.

5.7 km E

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

5.8 km SE

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

9.6 km NW

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

1 km SW · spans 5 counties

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

3 km NE · London

A tree-lined promenade of about 1700 above a much-painted Thames view.

4.1 km E

A National Trust place in London.

5.5 km E

A country park in London.

5.5 km W