Cholsey
Cholsey is a village and civil parish immediately south of Wallingford in South Oxfordshire.
Cholsey is a village and civil parish immediately south of Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. Its population in 2011 was 3,457. 2011 Census. Its parish boundary, some 17 miles (27 km) long, reaches from the edge of Wallingford into the Berkshire Downs.
The village green called "The Forty" has a substantial and ancient walnut tree.
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Worth seeing in and around Cholsey
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wallingford Castle
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries".
3.8 km · castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02South Moreton Castle
South Moreton Castle was an 11th-century castle in the village of South Moreton, Oxfordshire,, England. The name can also refer to a nearby siege-castle, probably from the 12th century.
3.6 km · castle in South Moreton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Moulsford Railway Bridge
Moulsford Railway Bridge, also known locally as "Four Arches" bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges located a little to the north of Moulsford and South Stoke in Oxfordshire, UK. It carries the Great Western Main Line from Paddington, London to Wales and the West across the River Thames. The bridge lies between the stations at Goring & Streatley and Cholsey, and crosses the Thames at an oblique angle on the reach between Cleeve Lock and Benson Lock.
1.9 km · railway bridge in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St John the Baptist's Church, Mongewell
St John the Baptist's Church is a closed, redundant Anglican church, partly in ruins, in Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.4 km · grade II listed church in Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.9 km · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Wallingford Museum
Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history.
3.4 km · Local museum in Wallingford, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Sphinx Hill
Sphinx Hill, also known as the Egyptian House, is a Grade II* listed house in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England. Designed by John Outram, the Egyptian-style postmodernist house was completed in 1999, making it the youngest listed building in the United Kingdom.
3 km · house in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Winterbrook Bridge
Winterbrook Bridge, also known as Wallingford Bypass Bridge, was built in 1993 as part of a bypass around Wallingford, Oxfordshire, to relieve congestion on the single-lane Wallingford Bridge. It forms part of the A4130, connecting Winterbrook, at the north end of Cholsey, just south of Wallingford, on the west bank, to Mongewell on the east bank.
2.5 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Kinecroft
Wallingford is a market town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles north of Reading, 13 miles south of Oxford and 11 miles north west of Henley-on-Thames. Although belonging to the historic county of Berkshire, it is within the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire for administrative purposes as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.
3.2 km · park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Corn Exchange Theatre
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is used as a theatre, is a Grade II listed building.
3.4 km · meeting hall, concert hall and theatre in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Plenty of things to see in Wallingford - the Castle, the River Thames, the ancient market town built on Saxon foundations, the Castle Gardens and Castle meadows, quirky antique shops, coffee shops, and places for supper.
- 01Wallingford Castle
Ruins dating from 11th century motte-and-bailey.
- 02Wallingford Bridge
- 03Wallingford Museum
Collections of local interest, in a Tudor house.
- 04Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary
Old Didcot Rd, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SW (3 miles NW of town), mail@donkeyrescue.org.uk.
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Things to do
Take one of the self-guided historical walks (information from the tourist information office in the Market Place), or visit Wallingford Museum. Have a picnic on the banks of the Thames, or investigate the Saxon ramparts which surround the town. If you visit on a Sunday, why not attend the Sunday Gospel Service held by the Wallingford Christian Assembly, at the Gospel Hall, Atwell Close. (5:00-5:45PM each week.)
- 01Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
From Wikivoyage: Cholsey, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01The Partridge
32 St Mary's St, Wallingford, OX10 0ET, eat@partridgeinnwallingford.co.uk.
- 02Avanti
- 03The Old Post Office
- 04Memories of Bengal
- 05Smart Fish & Chip Shop
64-65 High St, OX10 0BX (across from Waitrose),.
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Getting to Cholsey
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 63 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 82 km
- Stations
- Cholsey railway station, 700 m · Wallingford railway station, 2.9 km · Moulsford railway station, 1.4 km
- London → Cholsey71 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Cholsey61 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Cholsey71 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £7–10
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cholsey
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cholsey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Cholsey – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cholsey
Cholsey is 18 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wallingfordtown and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.3 km
- Aston Tirroldvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England3.3 km
- South Stokevillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
- Moulsfordvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England2.6 km
- Aston Upthorpevillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
- South Moretonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.2 km