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Cobham, Surrey

Cobham

in the county of Surrey

Looking towards Minster Cliffs and the Leas  Minster, Isle of Sheppey

Sheerness

in the county of Kent

Recommended towns & villages near St Michael's Abbey

Fungi

Farnborough

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

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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St Andrew's Church, Farnham, Surrey

Farnham

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction S)

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

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Church of St. John the Baptist, St. Johns. Woking, Surrey

Woking

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction E)

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

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Guildford

Guildford

(8.7 miles, 14.1 km, direction SE)

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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Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey

Godalming

(9.7 miles, 15.6 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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Wonersh Church

Wonersh

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

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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Sandford Lane, Woodley, Berkshire

Woodley

(12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction NW)

There is much to do with England's great aviation history in the County of Berkshire, and at Woodley visitors will find the interesting Museum of Aviation which is appropriately.....

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Hascombe, Surrey

Hascombe

(12.7 miles, 20.4 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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Mouse at home

Shere

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction E)

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

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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

Windsor, or rather Royal Windsor, is a seductive mix of history and romance with a unique atmosphere. It is a place where the sense of history is never far away, it is a town.....

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Aldershot Military Museum

(2.0 miles, 3.2 km, direction S)

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

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Yateley Country Park

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction NW)

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Lightwater Country Park

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction NE)

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View from the Hog's Back, Near Guildford, Surrey

Hog's Back

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction S)

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Have we found the secret garden?

Farnham Castle

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction S)

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A lovely old English forest.

Swinley Forest

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)

This wonderful forest stretches from Bracknell, in the north, to Bagshot, in the south, and is a large expanse of English Crown.....

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Guildford Cathedral. Guildford, Surrey

Guildford Cathedral

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)

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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Ornamental Kitchen Garden

West Green House Garden

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

Celebrated garden with an intriguing collection of follies, voted one of the UK's top 50 gardens...

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California Country Park

(7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction NW)

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Scene in the walled garden

Loseley House

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SE)

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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