Egham Hythe
Egham Hythe, Pooley Green and Thorpe Lea are adjacent settlements in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of central London.
Egham Hythe, Pooley Green and Thorpe Lea are adjacent settlements in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of central London. They are separated from the town of Egham by the M25 and from Staines upon Thames by the River Thames.
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Worth seeing in and around Egham Hythe
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.
- 01Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London, formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a member institution of the federal University of London. It has 3 faculties, 12 academic departments and approximately 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students from more than 100 countries.
3 km · university in Surrey, UK · Wikipedia - 02Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, 20 miles west-southwest of Central London. It is operated by Merlin Entertainments and features rides, themed cabins, live events, and Hyperia, the United Kingdom's tallest and fastest rollercoaster at over 236 feet and 129 km/h.
2.3 km · amusement park in Thorpe, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 03Colossus
Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction. It was built by Liechtenstein-based manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil.
2.4 km · roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 04Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London.
3.8 km · Benedictine monastery · Wikipedia - 05Air Forces Memorial
The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Empire who were lost in air and other operations during World War II. Those recorded have no known grave anywhere in the world, and many were lost without trace. The name of each of these airmen and airwomen is engraved into the stone walls of the memorial, according to country and squadron.
3.2 km · memorial in Englefield Green, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hyperia
Hyperia is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the hypercoaster opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2024, with a height of 236 feet and a maximum speed that reaches 80 mph.
2.6 km · roller coaster at Thorpe Park · Wikipedia - 07Stealth
Stealth is a hydraulically launched steel roller coaster located in the Amity area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. Designed and manufactured by Intamin of Switzerland at a cost of £12 million, the Accelerator Coaster opened in 2006.
2.2 km · steel roller coaster located in the Amity area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 08Founder's Building
The Founder's Building is the original building of Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey, England. It is an example of French-Renaissance-style architecture in the United Kingdom, having been modelled on French chateaux such as Château de Chambord.
3 km · Gothic Revival original building of Royal Holloway College, University of London; in Egham, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Nemesis Inferno
Nemesis Inferno is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. The ride was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.
2.3 km · steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park · Wikipedia - 10The Walking Dead: The Ride
The Walking Dead: The Ride is an enclosed steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in England. It was the park’s first non-powered roller coaster.
2.4 km · indoor roller coaster located at Thorpe Park, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Egham Hythe
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 7 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 39 km · London Luton (LTN), 51 km
- Stations
- Wraysbury railway station, 4 km · Egham railway station, 1.7 km · Staines railway station, 1.7 km · Virginia Water railway station, 3.6 km · Yeoveney Halt railway station, 2.9 km
- Luton, Luton → Egham Hythe51 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Egham Hythe29 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £3.5–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Egham Hythe150 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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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 Egham Hythe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe South's major ferry ports are (clockwise from the east) Dover (ferries from Calais and Dunkirk in France), Newhaven (ferries from Dieppe in France) and Portsmouth (ferries from the Channel Islands, Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre and St.
- Get inPoole (which shares ferries from the Channel Islands, Cherbourg and St.
- Go nextLondon - The capital is practically on your doorstep when you're in South East England, so it is an obvious choice for a day trip or longer.
- Go nextGo Abroad - The South East is the closest part of the UK to the European mainland (the English Channel is just 20 miles (32 km) across at its narrowest), and with Channel Tunnel journey times from Kent to Calais as short as 35 minutes, day trips to northern France, Belgium and beyond are highly feasible and attractive.
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Next door to Egham Hythe
Egham Hythe is 21 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chertseytown in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England3.9 km
- Eghamtown in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England1.7 km
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- Runnymedelocal government district with borough status in Surrey, England3.4 km
- Spelthornelocal government district with borough status in Surrey, England2 km
- Lalehamvillage in the Spelthorne borough, United Kingdom2.9 km