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Colossus
Attraction · Staines-upon-Thames · Surrey

Colossus

Roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England.

Photo: Colossus, Stefan Scheer (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Staines-upon-Thames
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 15%
#1,210 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 18–23°C
In brief

Attraction in Staines-upon-Thames

Inside Staines-upon-Thames

Colossus is inside Staines-upon-Thames’ built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Warmest: May to September

Afternoon highs of 18–23°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Staines-upon-Thames. When to go ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Staines-upon-Thames, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.

Jan8° / 3°64 mm
Feb9° / 3°46 mm
Mar11° / 4°41 mm
Apr15° / 6°44 mm
May18° / 9°46 mm
Jun21° / 12°50 mm
Jul23° / 14°41 mm
Aug23° / 14°62 mm
Sep20° / 11°53 mm
Oct16° / 8°67 mm
Nov11° / 5°71 mm
Dec9° / 3°62 mm
Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Staines-upon-Thames. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Staines-upon-Thames’ full climate →
About

Colossus

Roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England.

In Staines-upon-Thames, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type
Attraction
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
in Staines-upon-Thames
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Where Colossus is

Orange: Colossus. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Staines-upon-Thames’ built-up area.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns near Colossus

The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near Colossus

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Colossus

Where is Colossus?

Colossus is in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Colossus?

Roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England.

When is the best time to visit Colossus?

May to September are the warmest months in Staines-upon-Thames, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Colossus?

Within 15 km: Thorpe Park (100 m), Windsor Castle (11 km), Hampton Court Palace (12 km) and Runnymede (5.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.