Attraction · Staines-upon-Thames · Surrey

Flying Fish

Flying Fish is a roller coaster. Within the built-up area of Staines-upon-Thames, it is one of the places to visit. Add Thorpe Park, 200 m away, to a visit; it leads 122 places within 15 km.

Photo: Flying Fish, Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Staines-upon-Thames

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 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

Flying Fish is inside Staines-upon-Thames’ built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Weather through the year

The warmest afternoons in Staines-upon-Thames run May to September, at 18–23°C.

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

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

Flying Fish

Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Attraction
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Staines-upon-Thames
Official site: thorpepark.com/rides/flying-fish

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Flying Fish and nearby

Flying Fish sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

With 28,003 people, Egham is the largest of the 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Staines-upon-Thames

21,327 people · 31 places to visit

2 · 700 m east of it

Penton Hook

404 people · 23 places to visit

3 · 900 m south of it

Chertsey

14,558 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 1 km west of it

Thorpe

1,226 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Flying Fish is	People	Places to visit
Staines-upon-Thames	It’s in town	21,327	31
Penton Hook	700 m east of it	404	23
Chertsey	900 m south of it	14,558	35
Thorpe	1 km west of it	1,226	28
Laleham	1.5 km northeast of it	2,521	24
Virginia Water	1.8 km west of it	5,185	34
Lyne	1.8 km southwest of it	1,202	24
Egham	1.9 km northwest of it	28,003	37

Make a day of it

Also near Flying Fish

Within 15 km are 122 places, among them 4 attractions, a theme park and a castle.

1Theme parkBig drawTheme parkThorpe Park200 m away · 1.6M visitors a year (2024)2

CastleWindsor Castle11 km away 3

Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace12 km away 4

Garden · National TrustRunnymede4.9 km away 5

AttractionColossus200 m away 6

AttractionStealth100 m away 7

AttractionThe Swarm100 m away 8

AttractionHyperia400 m away

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

Visiting Flying Fish

Where is Flying Fish?

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

What is Flying Fish?

Roller coaster.

When is the best time to visit Flying Fish?

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 Flying Fish?

Within 15 km: Thorpe Park (200 m), Windsor Castle (11 km), Hampton Court Palace (12 km) and Runnymede (4.9 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)

Flying Fish: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Windsor Castle: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Runnymede: Wyrdlight, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colossus: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stealth: Stefan Scheer, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
The Swarm: Mitchellh1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hyperia: Suntooooth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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