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Places to see in ( Guildford - UK )

Places to see in ( Guildford - UK )

Guildford is a large town in Surrey, England, located 27 miles southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth. It is the seat of the borough of Guildford.

Guildford has Saxon roots and historians attribute its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey was forded by the Harrow Way By AD 978 it was home to an early English Royal Mint. On the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal Guildford was connected to a network of waterways that aided its prosperity. In the 20th century, the University of Surrey and Guildford Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral, were added.

Due to recent development running north from Guildford, and linking to the Woking area, Guildford now officially forms the southwestern tip of the Greater London Built-up Area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics.

Guildford lies at the eastern end of the A31 and is bypassed by the A3, which links London and Portsmouth. The M25 is to the north-east of the town. Guildford has two railway stations. The main station is on the west side of the River Wey, across the river from the main shopping area and the bus station. It is on the Portsmouth Direct Line between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. Guildford's other station, London Road, is about half a mile (1 km) north-east of the town centre, on the New Guildford Line. It is served by stopping services only between Guildford and Waterloo.

Alot to see in ( Guildford - UK ) such as :

Guildford Castle
Hatchlands Park
Loseley Park
Watts Gallery
Stoke Park, Guildford
Polesden Lacey
Shalford Mill
Clandon Park
Guildford Museum
Winkworth Arboretum
RHS Garden, Wisley
Surrey Hills AONB
Newlands Corner
G Live
Guildford Cathedral
Hatchlands Park
Steam Dreams - The Cathedrals Express

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Places to see in ( Cobham - UK )

Places to see in ( Cobham - UK )

Cobham is a village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, centred 17 miles south-west of London and 10 miles northeast of Guildford on the River Mole. It has a commercial/services High Street, a significant number of primary and private schools and the Painshill landscape park.

Cobham is an ancient settlement whose origins can be traced back on the ground through Roman times to the Iron Age. It lay within the Elmbridge hundred. Cobham appears in Domesday Book as Covenham and was held by Chertsey Abbey. Historically, Cobham other than outlying farms comprised two developed areas, Street Cobham and Church Cobham. The former lay on the Portsmouth-London Road, and the building now known as the Cobham Exchange was once a coaching inn. The latter grew up around St. Andrew's Church, which dates from the 12th century.

Cobham fits into a triangle between the River Mole to the south, the A3 to the north and a borderline for the most part on the nearside of the (New) London to Guildford railway line to the southeast – directly west of Oxshott. On the southern border is the historic village, Stoke D'Abernon, part of the small post town, which gives its name to the railway station between the two areas on the line mentioned: Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon.

At the heart of Cobham is the Church Cobham Conservation Area, which was designated in 1973 and includes fourteen statutory listed buildings. Amongst these are Pyports, once the home of Vernon Lushington; the picturesque Church Stile House; and two fine houses overlooking the River Mole: Ham Manor and Cedar House, the latter owned by the National Trust.

Across the river from the church into Downside village, the estate of Cobham Park was the home of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, who was made Commander-in-Chief of the army in 1757. In 1806 Cobham Park was bought by Harvey Christian Combe a brewer and Lord Mayor of London. The present house was completed in 1873 by his nephew, Charles Combe, to a design by Edward Middleton Barry: it has now been divided into apartments. At the other end of the village, beside the A3, Painshill Park is a fine 18th-century landscape garden, restored from dereliction since 1980. Painshill House dates from the 18th century and has also been divided into apartments.

Two other large houses on the outskirts of Cobham have been taken over by schools: Heywood is now the American Community School, and Burwood House is now Notre Dame School. Chelsea F.C.'s training ground is nearby, close to Cobham and Stoke d'Abernon railway station and some of its more deluxe private homes belong to Chelsea's players. The Fairmile or eastern part of the parish has a high proportions of mansions and gated roads.

The River Mole provides a setting for Cobham's best-known landmark which is the red brick water mill, constructed Late 18C and once part of a much larger complex. Thereafter, the Cobham Mill Preservation Trust was formed as a sister organisation to the Cobham Conservation Group and took over the leasehold. The building was restored to full working order by the volunteers of the Cobham Mill Preservation Trust, and first opened to the public in 1993. Cobham Mill is now open to the public from 2 pm to 5 pm on the second Sunday of each month between April and October, inclusive.

To the north and west of the town is the A3 trunk road, a major arterial route from London to Portsmouth. This road links to the M25 motorway at Junction 10, immediately to the southwest of Cobham. The A307, Portsmouth Road starts in Cobham and runs northwards to the adjoining town of Esher. This is also known as the old A3. The A245 runs through the centre of the town and leads to Leatherhead in the south-east and Byfleet to the west. Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon railway station, opened in 1885, is on the New Guildford Line from London Waterloo.

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De Vere East Horsley - Minute Monday - 004 - 2nd July

Spent the week in De Vere, East Horsely, Surrey for work, decided to make the most of the evenings and film these few clips of the hotel, chapel and grounds. Weather was fantastic, which made this very easy!
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All 84 Surrey Railway Stations (visiting EVERY station)

Every Surrey railway station. All 84 National Rail stations in the county of Surrey, England (UK). South Western Railway, Great Western Railway and Govia Tahmeslink Railway (Southern, Thameslink) serve the stations of Surrey.

The stations in Surrey along with the operator that manages the station and the date I last visited the station:
Addlestone 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Ash 16/08/2018 (SWR)
Ash Vale 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Ashford 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Ashtead 08/10/2021 (Southern)
Bagshot 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Banstead 23/08//2019 (Southern)
Betchworth 03/09/2021 (GWR)
Bookham 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Box Hill & Westhumble 08/10/2021 (Southern)
Brookwood 24/09/2021 (SWR)
Byfleet & New Haw 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Camberley 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Caterham 04/07/2022 (Southern)
Chertsey 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Chilworth 03/09/2021 (GWR)
Chipstead 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Clandon 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Claygate 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Dorking 27/10/2021 (Southern)
Dorking Deepdene 16/08/2018 (GWR)
Dorking West 16/08/2018 (GWR)
Dormans 30/08/2021 (Southern)
Earlswood 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Effingham Junction 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Egham 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Epsom 27/10/2021 (Southern)
Epsom Downs 27/06/2022 (Southern)
Esher 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Ewell East 08/10/2021 (Southern)
Ewell West 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Farncombe 02/10/2021 (SWR)
Farnham 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Frimley 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Godalming 02/10/2021 (SWR)
Godstone 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Gomshall 03/09/2021 (GWR)
Guildford 18/02/2024 (Network Rail)
Hampton Court 02/08/2024 (SWR)
Haslemere 02/10/2021 (SWR)
Hersham 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Hinchley Wood 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Holmwood 27/10/2021 (Southern)
Horley 22/10/2021 (Southern)
Horsley 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Hurst Green 30/08/2021 (Southern)
Kempton Park 11/09/2021(SWR)
Kingswood 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Leatherhead 18/02/2024 (Southern)
Lingfield 30/08/2021 (Southern)
London Road 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Longcross 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Merstham 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Milford 02/10/2021 (SWR)
North Camp 07/06/2021 (GWR)
Nutfield 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Ockley 27/10/2021 (Southern)
Oxshott 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Oxted 30/08/2021 (Southern)
Redhill 22/10/2021 (Southern)
Reigate 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Salfords 04/09/2021 (Southern)
Shalford 04/09/2021 (GWR)
Shepperton 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Staines 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Stoneleigh 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Sunbury 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Tadworth 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Tattenham Corner 10/04/2021 (Southern)
Thames Ditton 02/08/2024 (SWR)
Upper Halliford 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Upper Warlingham 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Virginia Water 07/06/2021 (SWR)
Walton-on-Thames 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Wanborough 16/08/2018 (SWR)
West Byfleet 11/09/2021 (SWR)
Weybridge 08/10/2021 (SWR)
Whyteleafe 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Whyteleafe South 22/02/2020 (Southern)
Witley 02/10/2021 (SWR)
Woking 11/08/2024 (SWR)
Woldingham 30/08/2021 (Southern)
Worplesdon 08/10/2021 (SWR)

Each station within the video is shown with station name and the 3 letter station code. Note that only National Rail stations are included.

This video includes all the stations in Surrey in September 2024.

All 84 Surrey stations 00:00
Addlestone 00:05
Ash 00:09
Ash Vale 00:13
Ashford 00:17
Ashtead 00:21
Bagshot 00:25
Banstead 00:29
Betchworth 00:33
Bookham 00:37
Boxhill & Westhumble 00:41
Brookwood 00:45
Byfleet & New Haw 00:49
Camberley 00:53
Caterham 00:57
Chertsey 01:01
Chilworth 01:05
Chipstead 01:09
Clandon 01:13
Claygate 01:17
Cobham & Stoke D'Abernon 01:21
Dorking 01:25
Dorking Deepdene 01:29
Dorking West 01:33
Dormans 01:37
Earlswood 01:41
Effingham Junction 01:45
Egham 01:49
Epsom 01:53
Epsom Downs 01:57
Esher 02:01
Ewell East 02:05
Ewell West 02:09
Farncombe 02:13
Farnham 02:17
Frimley 02:21
Godalming 02:25
Godstone 02:29
Gomshall 02:33
Guildford 02:37
Hampton Court 02:41
Haslemere 02:45
Hersham 02:49
Hinchley Wood 02:53
Holmwood 02:57
Horley 03:01
Horsley 03:05
Hurst Green 03:09
Kempton Park 03:13
Kingwood 03:17
Leatherhead 03:21
Lingfield 03:25
London Road 03:29
Longcross 03:33
Merstham 03:37
Milford 03:41
North Camp 03:45
Nutfield 03:49
Ockley 03:53
Oxshott 03:57
Oxted 04:01
Redhill 04:05
Reigate 04:09
Salfords 04:13
Shalford 04:17
Shepperton 04:21
Staines 04:25
Stoneleigh 04:29
Sunbury 04:33
Tadworth 04:37
Tattenham Corner 04:41
Thames Ditton 04:45
Upper Halliford 04:49
Upper Warlingham 04:53
Virginia Water 04:57
Walton-on-Thames 05:01
Wanborough 05:05
West Byfleet 05:09
Weybridge 05:13
Whyteleafe 05:17
Whyteleafe South 05:21
Witley 05:25
Woking 05:29
Woldingham 05:33
Worplesdon 05:37
Endscreen 05:41

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Places to see in ( Esher - UK )

Places to see in ( Esher - UK )

Esher is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole. Esher is an outlying suburb of London, and with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up Area. Esher has a linear commercial high street and is otherwise suburban in density, with varying elevations, few high rise buildings and very short sections of dual carriageway within the ward itself. Esher covers a large area, between 13 and 15.4 miles southwest of Charing Cross.[n 2] In the south it is bounded by the A3 Portsmouth Road which is of urban motorway standard and buffered by the Esher Commons.

Esher is bisected by the A307, historically the Portsmouth Road, which for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) forms its high street. Esher railway station (served by the South West Main Line) connects the town to London Waterloo. Sandown Park Racecourse is in the town near the station.

In the south, Claremont Landscape Garden owned and managed by the National Trust, once belonged, as their British home, to Princess Charlotte and her husband Leopold I of Belgium. Accordingly, the town was selected to have a fountain by Queen Victoria and has an adjacent Diamond Jubilee column embossed with a relief of the monarch and topped by a statue of Britannia. Unite, the union, trains representatives at its Esher Place centre, and the town has the offices of Elmbridge Borough Council in its high street.

Esher lay within the Saxon feudal division of Elmbridge hundred.
Esher appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Aissela and Aissele, where it is held partly by the Abbey of the Cross in Normandy; partly by William de Waterville; partly by Reginald; partly by Hugh do Port; and partly by Odard Balistarius (probably a crossbowman).

By 1908, Esher contained the fashionable residences of several important figures including Lady Emma Talbot; Sir Robert Hawthorn Collins, the Duchess of Albany and Sir Edgar Vincent, K.C.M.G. who was later created 1st Viscount D'Abernon.
George Harrison of the Beatles had a house (called Kinfauns) in Esher, during the 1960s. The other Beatles were regular visitors to the house, and Harrison's primitive home recording studio.

Esher has office buildings in the High Street and its continuation, Portsmouth Road, which has a cluster of entertainment and dining venues. Esher has a local (roughly county-level) farmers market held on one Saturday every month, moving forward one week each month. Vendors sell locally sourced produce and two riverside farms on the edge of town, one with large shop and grow-your-own are open to the public. A light smattering of small businesses, particularly in construction and landscaping pervades the town. A large hospice in Esher serves North Surrey, with field staff providing relief to cancer patients. Otherwise the town's residents do business or create products from home or elsewhere, such as in the M4 corridor and the City of London.

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West Clandon's Chalk Wonder : Up Close with the Dragon

The West Clandon Dragon hill figure was built next to the A25 Epson Road to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The fiery West Clandon dragon is one of many chalk hill figures found in the UK and although it’s relatively modern, the tale of a dragon at West Clandon dates back centuries.

CHAPTERS:
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00:10 Intro
00:40 Dragon Drive by
01:16 Dragon Stats and History
02:40 Why a Dragon?
03:50 Dragon Carving
04:13 West Clandon Sign
04:31 Outro

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● Church: The Church of St. Peter and St Paul, West Clandon, GU4 7RG
● The Sign: Near the Onslow Arms Pub, The Street, West Clandon, GU4 7TE

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NT Clandon Park - Surrey in spring

Given another week and the daffs will be a glorious gold carpet before the 18c Palladian Mansion at Clandon Park - Surrey.

Caledonian Park in Islington, London 🇬🇧

Clandon Park St Peter & St Paul Church

10 days since last visit and daffs much better plus St P+P Church in grounds.

Clandon Park before the fire near Guildford Surrey Marie Ascot

Marie Ascot at Clandon Park before the fire near Guildford Surrey.
An open dat from 2014 with Napoleonic and World War reneactment soldiers plus a visit from the Alivis owners club.
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1:37 Napoleonic Soldiers
13:30 WW1 Soliders
13:33 Alvis Vintage Car Club


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Guildford Manor Hotel & Spa, Guildford, United Kingdom

Guildford Manor Hotel & Spa, Guildford, United Kingdom
About Property:
Set in 9 acres of parkland, the hotel is well placed for Guildford, Woking and the M25. There is free WiFi throughout the hotel, and free parking on site.
The hotel offers comfortable en suite rooms with Freeview TV, and many also have fine views. A traditional bar and restaurant. A civil ceremony license and elegant air conditioned function rooms make the Manor House Hotel Guildford a popular wedding venue.
West Clandon station is 3 km away,...
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CHALDON CHURCH on the NORTH DOWNS

Continuing my exploration of the hidden Gems, Oddities and History in the County of Surrey in England and in this Video, I have returned to the location of my first Vlog on this Channel and the Grade I Listed Chaldon Church on the North Downs. This small and ancient Church is Dedicated to St Peter and St Paul and was built before 1086 and is famous for the large Medieval Mural Painting on the west wall of the Nave which dates from around 1170 and depicts images of the ‘Last Judgement and Purgatory’. It’s been described as ‘the most important Medieval Wall Painting in England’

Recorded: Tuesday 7th July 2020

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Reopening the Church – June 20th 2020


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455917 arrives at Clapham Junction (16th October 2022)

The arrival of the London Waterloo service at Platform 10.

Operator: SWR (First Group & MTR Corporation)

Clandon Train Station

Train Service From London Waterloo To Guildford Calling At Clandon

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Class 455 - South Western Railway - Ashtead Station - 20th December 2022

A Rainy Train Ride-Cobham England

Raynes Park Station 5/7/20

A visit to the stations on the London Waterloo Suburban lines, all in order to capture and collect images of the current selection of units that operate these lines; mostly these being Class 455 and Class 456 units, both of these units running out the last of the days on the network.

We also capture a range of other units at various locations including Class: 458 and Class 701 units both of these units will also be gone by mid 2021.

Three CHURCHES in the SURREY HILLS

I’m deep in the Surrey Hills with glorious blue sky and along with my buddy Al and his daughter, I’m exploring three different Churches of St Margaret’s Church in Ockley, St John the Baptist Church in Capel and St Peter’s Church in Newdigate which are all part of The Surrey Weald Team of Parishes.

Filmed – Saturday 5th January 2020

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#VanLife Discovering Cornwall, #LanhydrockHouse part one, (History in Description) UK

Lanhydrock is unquestionably one of the most impressive (and popular) historic houses in Cornwall. Built of local grey slate and granite around an inner courtyard, the house dates to 1640, though most of the current building was the result of rebuilding after a fire in 1881.

The great house stands in extensive grounds (360 hectares or 890 acres) above the River Fowey and it has been owned and managed by the National Trust since 1953. Much of the present house dates back to Victorian times but some sections date from the 1620s. It is a Grade I listed building & is set in gardens with formal areas. The hill behind the house is planted with a fine selection of shrubs and trees.

Lanhydrock estate belonged to the Augustinian priory of St Petroc at Bodmin but the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the 1530s saw it pass into private hands. In 1620 wealthy merchant Sir Richard Robartes, of Truro, acquired the estate and began building Lanhydrock House, designed to a four-sided layout around a central courtyard and constructed of grey granite. Robartes died in 1624 but work on the building was continued by his son John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, a notable public figure who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. The embattled walls were built of rude (rough), massive granite blocks with years 1636 and 1642 on the walls, indicating when they were built. A barbican gate was added and the house was garrisoned by Parliamentary forces in August 1644 when Sir Richard Grenville took possession.

During the 18th century the east wing of the house was demolished leaving the U-shaped plan seen today. On 4 April 1881 a major fire destroyed the south wing and caused extensive damage to the central section. The fire started in the kitchen and the near gale-force wind fanned the flames along the south wing and the ″communicating block″. Of the main house only the north wing, with its 116 feet (35 m) Long Gallery, and the front porch building survived intact, along with the original gatehouse which also dates back to the mid-17th century. The gallery was decorated with old plaster work which was considered to be the finest of its type in the west of England with figures representing the creation in ″bas-relief″. The property was insured for £10,000 in the Royal Standard Office & for £10,000 in the County Fire Office & the damage is estimated to cost £8,000 to £10,000, It was reported in August 1881 that the rebuilding of the house would cost £50,000 & was to be undertaken by Messers Lang and Son of Liskeard, New sections were built behind the south wing, including a kitchen block, in the style of the original building – which was unusual at the time.

The Robartes family declined significantly during the First World War, including the heir Thomas Agar-Robartes MP, who was killed during the Battle of Loos in France, while trying to rescue a colleague from no-man's land. Only one descendant survives, living in a cottage on the estate.

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