A historic house just outside Windlesham: Bagshot Park Mansion
Around Windlesham, the places to visit include 5 historic houses, 2 attractions and 2 theme parks. The built-up area has no place on our list of its own; 11 are within 5 km of its edge. Travel 13 km and you reach Windsor Castle.
Where to start near Windlesham
The rest of the best known are 4 historic houses and a castle.
Historic houseBagshot Park Mansion700 m outside town, to the westCastleCastleFort Belvedere3.4 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseTittenhurst Park2.5 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseSunninghill Park4.3 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseCoworth House3.1 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseSunningdale Park1.8 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Sunninghill Park marks the outer edge, 6.6 km away.
The dashed line is Windlesham’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What sort of places
Count 6 castles or historic places and 2 other attractions.
Green: inside Windlesham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
All 11 on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.
Fort Belvedere
Grade II* listed country house on Shrubs Hill in Windsor Great Park, in Surrey, England, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
13 listed buildings are on Windlesham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Windlesham →
Further out, the best known
The pick of the 12 is Windsor Castle, 13 km off.
CastleWindsor Castle13 km north
Historic houseBuckingham Palace39 km northeast
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey40 km east
AttractionElizabeth Tower40 km east
Historic house · Historic Royal PalacesHampton Court Palace22 km east
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery40 km northeast · 709K visitors a year (2021)
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum37 km northeast · 858K visitors a year (2021)
MuseumMadame Tussauds39 km northeast
GardenKew Gardens28 km northeast
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum36 km northeast · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)
Historic houseKensington Palace36 km northeast · 383K visitors a year (2015)
Big drawMuseumScience Museum36 km northeast · 3M visitors a year (2012)Places well known beyond Windlesham (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.
Practical questions about Windlesham
What is there to see near Windlesham?
No attraction is mapped inside Windlesham itself. Within 5 km of it are Bagshot Park Mansion, Fort Belvedere, Tittenhurst Park and Sunninghill Park.
Does Windlesham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Windlesham: Chobham Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Windlesham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Westminster Abbey (English Heritage), 40 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Windlesham?
Within 40 km: Windsor Castle (13 km), Buckingham Palace (39 km), Westminster Abbey (40 km), Elizabeth Tower (40 km).
Where are Windlesham’s historic buildings listed?
Windlesham has 13 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 Windlesham 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 (17)
- Bagshot Park Mansion: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tittenhurst Park: Phillip Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunninghill Park: Dee Earley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coworth House: ATaylorMoore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunningdale Park: ArticleSloth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Windsor Castle: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hampton Court Palace: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kew Gardens: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kensington Palace: Steve Cadman from London, U.K., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science Museum: Shadowssettle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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