Knaphill
Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Farnborough to the west; to the south and north on the A322 – its western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley.
Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Farnborough to the west; to the south and north on the A322 – its western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley. Some of the village is on a hill, hence its name.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Knaphill
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.
- 01Brookwood Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe.
2.8 km · burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation. From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham, Dogmersfield, Fleet, Farnborough Airfield, Aldershot, Mytchett, Brookwood, Knaphill and Woking.
3.3 km · British canal · Wikipedia - 03Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Military Cemetery of World War I in the British Isles. Located approximately 28 miles southwest of London, Brookwood American Cemetery contains the graves of 468 American war dead, including the graves of 41 unknown servicemen, from World War I. Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, the cemetery of 4.5 acres lies to the west of the civilian Brookwood Cemetery, built by the London Necropolis Company and opened in 1854.
2.6 km · ABMC cemetery in Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Edward the Martyr, Brookwood
St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church is a True Orthodox Church in Brookwood, Surrey, England.
2.2 km · church in Brookwood, Surrey, UK · Wikipedia - 05New Victoria Theatre
The New Victoria Theatre in Woking, England opened in June 1992. The main theatre seats approximately 1,300 people, making it one of the largest receiving house theatres outside London.
4 km · theatre in Woking, England · Wikipedia - 06St John's Church, Woking
St John's Church is located in St John's, Woking, England. The church is in the parish of St John's, Diocese of Guildford, which in turn is in the Province of Canterbury.
1.9 km · church in Woking, England · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Mary the Virgin, Horsell
The church of St Mary-the-Virgin in Horsell is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Guildford. It is located about one mile away from Woking town centre.
3.2 km · church in Woking, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Andrew, Goldsworth Park
St. Andrew's Church is the parish church of Goldsworth Park, a district of Woking, Surrey, England.
1.8 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Bisley and West End Commons
Bisley and West End Commons is a 37.2-hectare Local Nature Reserve west of Woking in Surrey. It is part of the 46-hectare Bisley & West End Commons and Reidon Hill nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust.
2.5 km · park · Wikipedia - 10Rhoda McGaw Theatre
The Rhoda McGaw Theatre is part of the entertainment complex adjacent to the Peacock Centre in Woking, Surrey. The theatre seats 228 in 9 rows of raked seating and has been reported to have excellent acoustics.
4 km · theatre in the UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Knaphill
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 20 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 35 km · London Luton (LTN), 64 km
- Stations
- Brookwood railway station, 2.2 km
- Luton, Luton → Knaphill64 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
- London, Essex → Knaphill40 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £5–6
- Bristol → Knaphill138 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Knaphill
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 Knaphill. 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.
From Wikivoyage: South East England, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Knaphill
Knaphill is 29 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wokingtown in Surrey, England3.9 km
- Chobhamvillage and civil parish in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, UK3.3 km
- Bisleyvillage in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, UK2 km
- Pirbrightvillage and civil parish in Surrey, England4 km
- Brookwoodvillage in Surrey, England, UK2.2 km
- Horsellvillage in Surrey, England, UK4 km