Painshill
Painshill is a 18th-century English landscape park. This one stands 400 m southeast of Byfleet. It is on the official list as a Grade I listed park and garden.
Garden near Byfleet
Just outside Byfleet
Painshill is 400 m southeast of Byfleet. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed park and garden
On the official list of protected heritage; Byfleet has 27 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Byfleet.
Painshill
Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages. Top of the 119 other places within 15 km is Hampton Court Palace, 10 km off.
- Type
- Garden
- Listed
- Grade I listed park and garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 400 m southeast of Byfleet
- Official site
- painshill.co.uk
The way to Painshill
Orange shows Painshill; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Painshill
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (33,035 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Byfleet
Cobham
Wisley
Hersham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Painshill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byfleet | 400 m northwest of it | 14,187 | 35 |
| Cobham | 600 m east of it | 17,505 | 50 |
| Wisley | 3 km west of it | 176 | 24 |
| Hersham | 3.1 km north of it | 12,622 | 46 |
| East Horsley | 3.7 km south of it | 5,843 | 18 |
| Esher | 4 km northeast of it | 9,484 | 40 |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 4 km west of it | 33,035 | 47 |
| Weybridge | 4 km north of it | 15,918 | 45 |
What else is near Painshill
Of the 119 within 15 km, look for 5 historic houses, 2 gardens and a theme park.
Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace10 km away2Theme parkBig drawTheme parkThorpe Park10 km away · 1.6M visitors a year (2024)3
GardenRHS Garden, Wisley3.6 km away4
Historic houseClaremont5.4 km away5
Historic houseNonsuch Palace14 km away6
Historic houseOatlands Palace5.4 km away7
Historic houseStrawberry Hill House14 km away8
Garden · National TrustNational Trust - Claremont Landscape Gardens4.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Painshill
Where is Painshill?
Painshill is 400 m southeast of Byfleet, Surrey.
What is Painshill?
18th-century English landscape park in Cobham, Surrey, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Painshill?
May to September are the warmest months in Byfleet, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Painshill a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed park and garden.
What else is there to see near Painshill?
Within 15 km: Hampton Court Palace (10 km), Thorpe Park (10 km), RHS Garden, Wisley (3.6 km) and Claremont (5.4 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)
- Painshill: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RHS Garden, Wisley: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claremont: Heathermitch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nonsuch Palace: Joris Hoefnagel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oatlands Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Strawberry Hill House: Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Trust - Claremont Landscape Gardens: ogwen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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