Attraction · Staines-upon-Thames · Surrey

Samurai

Samurai is a top Scan ride at Thorpe Park (formerly located at Chessington World of Adventures). It stands inside Staines-upon-Thames’ built-up area. Within 15 km there are 129 more places to visit, starting with Thorpe Park (100 m).

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

Samurai is inside Staines-upon-Thames’ built-up area, with 20 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

Warm months and wet ones

From May to September, Staines-upon-Thames sees highs of 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

Samurai

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Attraction
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Staines-upon-Thames
Official site: thorpepark.com/explore/theme-park/rides/samurai

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

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Samurai

Use the numbers to match each place near Samurai with the list.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Samurai

The most populous of the 8 is Egham, at 28,003. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Staines-upon-Thames

21,327 people · 31 places to visit

2 · 600 m south of it

Chertsey

14,558 people · 35 places to visit

3 · 800 m northeast of it

Penton Hook

404 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km west of it

Thorpe

1,226 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Samurai is	People	Places to visit
Staines-upon-Thames	It’s in town	21,327	31
Chertsey	600 m south of it	14,558	35
Penton Hook	800 m northeast of it	404	23
Thorpe	1.2 km west of it	1,226	28
Laleham	1.4 km northeast of it	2,521	24
Lyne	1.7 km southwest of it	1,202	24
Virginia Water	1.9 km west of it	5,185	34
Egham	2.2 km northwest of it	28,003	37

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Of the 129 within 15 km, look for 4 attractions, a theme park and a castle.

1Theme parkBig drawTheme parkThorpe Park100 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 TrustRunnymede5.2 km away 5

AttractionColossus100 m away 6

AttractionHyperia100 m away 7

AttractionStealth400 m away 8

AttractionThe Swarm400 m away

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

Your questions on Samurai

Where is Samurai?

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

What is Samurai?

Top Scan ride at Thorpe Park (formerly located at Chessington World of Adventures).

When is the best time to visit Samurai?

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 Samurai?

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 (7)

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
Hyperia: Suntooooth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stealth: Stefan Scheer, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
The Swarm: Mitchellh1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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