Silent Pool
Silent Pool is an attraction 800 m northwest of Shere. Add Guildford Cathedral, 7.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 75 places within 15 km.
Attraction near Shere
Just outside Shere
Silent Pool is 800 m northwest of Shere. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in Shere reach 17–23°C from May to September.
Silent Pool
Attraction.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- 800 m northwest of Shere
Mapping Silent Pool
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Silent Pool is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Of these 8 towns, the largest is Guildford (77,870 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Shere
Albury
Gomshall
Chilworth
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Silent Pool is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shere | 800 m southeast of it | 325 | 8 |
| Albury | 800 m southwest of it | 289 | 14 |
| Gomshall | 1.9 km southeast of it | 1,378 | 10 |
| Chilworth | 2.3 km west of it | 1,917 | 19 |
| Farley Green | 2.7 km south of it | 351 | 3 |
| Peaslake | 2.9 km southeast of it | 821 | 10 |
| West Clandon | 3 km north of it | 1,233 | 18 |
| Guildford | 3.1 km west of it | 77,870 | 26 |
Around Silent Pool
3 historic houses, 2 gardens and a cathedral are among the 75 within 15 km.
CathedralGuildford Cathedral7.7 km away2
Garden · National TrustClandon Park3.2 km away3
CastleGuildford Castle6.3 km away4
Historic house · National TrustHatchlands3.5 km away5
Historic house · National TrustPolesden Lacey Estate8.5 km away6
MuseumWatts Gallery10 km away7
GardenRHS Garden, Wisley9.6 km away8
Historic houseLoseley Park8.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Silent Pool
Where is Silent Pool?
Silent Pool is 800 m northwest of Shere, Surrey.
What is Silent Pool?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Silent Pool?
May to September are the warmest months in Shere, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Silent Pool?
Within 15 km: Guildford Cathedral (7.7 km), Clandon Park (3.2 km), Guildford Castle (6.3 km) and Hatchlands (3.5 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)
- Guildford Cathedral: Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clandon Park: Murraypaul at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guildford Castle: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatchlands: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Polesden Lacey Estate: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Watts Gallery: ©Watts Gallery, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RHS Garden, Wisley: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loseley Park: Andrew Wilkinson from London, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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