Runnymede
Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, bordering Berkshire and just over 20 miles (32 km) west of central London.
Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, bordering Berkshire and just over 20 miles (32 km) west of central London. It is notable for its association with the sealing of Magna Carta, and as a consequence is, with its adjoining hillside, the site of memorials. Runnymede Borough is named after the area, Runnymede being at its northernmost point.
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Worth seeing in and around Runnymede
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.
2.2 km · university in Surrey, UK · Wikipedia - 02Frogmore House
Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It is a historic Grade I listed building.
3.9 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Windsor, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Windsor Great Park
Windsor Great Park is a royal park of 2,020 hectares to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. It is adjacent to the private 265-hectare Home Park, which is nearer the castle.
2.7 km · Royal Park near the town of Windsor, England · Wikipedia - 04Cumberland Lodge
Cumberland Lodge is a 17th-century Grade II listed country house in Windsor Great Park 3.5 miles south of Windsor Castle. Since 1947 it has been occupied by the charitable foundation known as Cumberland Lodge, an educational charity and social enterprise that exists to empower young people to lead the conversation around social division.
3.2 km · country house in Windsor Great Park · Wikipedia - 05Royal Lodge
Royal Lodge is a Grade II listed house in Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England, half a mile north of Cumberland Lodge and 3.2 miles south of Windsor Castle. The site of homes since the 17th century, the present structure dates from the 19th century, and was expanded in the 1930s for the then Duke of York, the future King George VI. Its central section consists of three storeys, with two-storey wings, totalling about 30 rooms, including seven bedrooms.
2.9 km · house in Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Frogmore Estate
Frogmore is an estate within the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. It comprises 33 acres, of primarily private gardens managed by the Crown Estate.
3.9 km · private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Air 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.
800 m · memorial in Englefield Green, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Savill Garden
The Savill Garden is an enclosed part of Windsor Great Park in England, created by Sir Eric Savill in the 1930s. It is managed by the Crown Estate and charges an entrance fee.
2.9 km · enclosed part of Windsor Great Park in Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 09Founder'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.
2.2 km · Gothic Revival original building of Royal Holloway College, University of London; in Egham, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Royal Chapel of All Saints
The Royal Chapel of All Saints, also known colloquially as Queen Victoria's Chapel is a Grade II listed church in the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England and is a royal peculiar, serving as an informal parish church for the inhabitants and staff of the Windsor Great Park. Services at the chapel are often attended by members of the British royal family, and Queen Elizabeth II regularly worshipped at the church for reasons of privacy.
2.8 km · Grade II listed chapel in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Runnymede
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 8 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 50 km
- Stations
- Wraysbury railway station, 2.2 km · Sunnymeads railway station, 2.9 km · Egham railway station, 2 km · Yeoveney Halt railway station, 3.1 km
- London → Runnymede31 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £3.5–4.5
- Luton, Luton → Runnymede50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Runnymede31 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £3.5–4.5
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Runnymede
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 Runnymede. 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 Runnymede
Runnymede is 22 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Eghamtown in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England2.1 km
- Old Windsorvillage and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England2.2 km
- Hortonvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Wraysburyvillage located in Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Englefield Greenvillage in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, UK1.6 km
- Egham Hythesuburb in Egham, Surrey, UK3.6 km