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Oatlands Palace
Attractions in Ashford Common

Thorpe Park, 5.5 km from Ashford Common

Visitor numbers at Thorpe Park reached 1.6M in 2024. None of our places to visit is inside Ashford Common’s built-up area; 20 are within 5 km of its edge. There are 11 attractions, 3 museums and a theme park to choose from. For a longer trip, Windsor Castle lies 13 km away.

Photo: Oatlands Palace (Public domain)
In Ashford Common
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
20
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
3
in or near town
Castles & historic places
4
in or near town
Best known

The best known around Ashford Common

Behind Thorpe Park on the list are 3 attractions, a historic house and an abbey or priory.

Theme parkBig drawTheme parkThorpe Park4.5 km outside town, to the southwest · 1.6M visitors a year (2024)Historic houseOatlands Palace3.6 km outside town, to the southAttractionColossus4.5 km outside town, to the southwestAbbey or prioryChertsey Abbey4.1 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionHyperia4.5 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionThe Swarm4.5 km outside town, to the west

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Where to go

Look to the southwest for most of the 20 just outside.

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The dashed line is Ashford Common’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

Kinds of place

Ahead are other attractions (11); next, castles or historic places (4).

Museums & galleries 3 museums0 in town · 3 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 historic house · 1 abbey or priory · 1 historic ship · 1 historic site0 in town · 4 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 theme park · 1 water park0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 11 attractions0 in town · 11 nearby

Green: inside Ashford Common. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The list in full

All 20 on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.

Stealth

Attraction · 4.6 km outside town, to the west

Steel roller coaster located in the Amity area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England.

About Stealth →

Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

1 listed building is on Ashford Common’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ashford Common →

Big names nearby

Names further out

First of the 12 big names within reach is Windsor Castle, 13 km away.

CastleWindsor Castle13 km northwestBig drawMuseumBritish Museum24 km northeast · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace7.5 km eastHistoric houseBuckingham Palace22 km northeastCathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey23 km eastAttractionElizabeth Tower24 km eastBig drawCastleTower of London27 km east · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)GardenKew Gardens12 km northeastBig drawArt galleryNational Gallery24 km northeast · 709K visitors a year (2021)Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum20 km northeast · 858K visitors a year (2021)AttractionLondon Eye24 km eastBig drawMuseumNatural History Museum20 km northeast · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)

Places well known beyond Ashford Common (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Visiting Ashford Common: the answers

What is there to see near Ashford Common?

No attraction is mapped inside Ashford Common itself. Within 5 km of it are Thorpe Park, Oatlands Palace, Colossus and Chertsey Abbey.

Does Ashford Common have a museum?

3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Ashford Common: Kempton Steam Museum, Chertsey Museum and Spelthorne Museum.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ashford Common?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Hampton Court Palace (Historic Royal Palaces), 7.5 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Ashford Common?

Within 40 km: Windsor Castle (13 km), British Museum (24 km), Hampton Court Palace (7.5 km), Buckingham Palace (22 km).

Where are Ashford Common’s historic buildings listed?

Ashford Common has 1 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Ashford Common when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.

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 (24)

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