Ottershaw
Ottershaw is a village in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 32 km (20 mi) southwest of central London.
Ottershaw is a village in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 32 km (20 mi) southwest of central London. The village developed in the mid-19th century from a number of separate hamlets and became a parish in its own right in 1871.
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Worth seeing in and around Ottershaw
9 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.
- 01Chertsey 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.
3.5 km · Benedictine monastery · Wikipedia - 02Hyperia
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.
3.9 km · roller coaster at Thorpe Park · Wikipedia - 03Chertsey Bridge
Chertsey Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Surrey, England. It carries the B375 road, connecting Chertsey in the borough of Runnymede to Laleham in the borough of Spelthorne.
3.8 km · Classical bridge over the Thames in England that has stood since 1785 · Wikipedia - 04Botleys Mansion
Botleys Mansion is a Palladian mansion house in the south of Chertsey, Surrey, England, just south of St Peter's Hospital. The house was built in the 1760s by builders funded by Joseph Mawbey and to designs by Kenton Couse.
700 m · Palladian mansion house in the south of Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Horsell Common
Horsell Common is a 355-hectare open space in Horsell, near Woking in Surrey. It is owned and managed by the Horsell Common Preservation Society.
3.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Horsell, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Runnymede Civic Centre
Runnymede Civic Centre is a municipal building located on Station Road in Addlestone, a town in Surrey, England. It serves as the administrative headquarters and meeting place of the Runnymede Borough Council, and also houses a public library and a police station.
2.7 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia - 07Christ Church, Ottershaw
Christ Church, Ottershaw is a Church of England church on Guildford Road in the village of Ottershaw in the Runnymede district of Surrey, England, about 20 miles south-west of London. Grade II listed, it was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
900 m · grade II listed church in Runnymede, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Gracious Pond
Gracious Pond is a 14-hectare nature reserve in Chobham in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3.8 km · park · Wikipedia - 09Thorpe Park No 1 Gravel Pit
Thorpe Park No 1 Gravel Pit is a 42.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Virginia Water in Surrey. It is part of the Thorpe Park theme park.
3.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ottershaw
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 12 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 34 km · London Luton (LTN), 57 km
- Stations
- Fairoaks Airport, 3 km · Chertsey railway station, 2.6 km · Byfleet and New Haw railway station, 4 km · Addlestone railway station, 3.2 km · West Byfleet railway station, 3.6 km
- Luton, Luton → Ottershaw58 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–8
- London, Essex → Ottershaw32 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £4–5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ottershaw156 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ottershaw
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 Ottershaw. 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 Ottershaw
Ottershaw is 26 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chertseytown in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England2.9 km
- Runnymedelocal government district with borough status in Surrey, England3.1 km
- West Byfleetvillage in Surrey, England, UK3.8 km
- New Hawvillage in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Lynevillage in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England2.3 km
- Sheerwatersuburb of Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom3.9 km