Ankerwycke Yew, Egham

Name: Ankerwycke Yew
Address: Egham, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Egham

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The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of 8 metres at 0.3 metres. The tree is at least 1,400 years old, and could be as old as 2,500 years. ()

Coordinates: 51°26'41"N, 0°33'24"W

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Egham United Kingdom

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Ankerwycke Yew – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Runnymede, Air Forces Memorial, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, St John's Church.

~1720 ftS
Park
Runnymede, Egham
9 min walk • Nestled in the lush greenery of Englefield Green in Egham, Runnymede is a historical site that resonates deeply with the roots of British democracy. It is here, on this picturesque meadowland along the banks of the River Thames, that the Magna Carta was sealed by King...
0.6 miSW
Cemetery, View point, Memorial
Air Forces Memorial, Egham
16 min walk • The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Empire who were lost in air and other operations during World War II.
1.2 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Egham
30 min walk • The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in Englefield Green, Surrey. It is situated on St Cuthbert's Close and faces Harvest Road in the older side of the village close to Egham Hill. It was built from 1930 to 1931 and designed by Joseph Goldie.
1 miSE
Church
St John's Church, Egham
26 min walk • St. John's Church, Egham or St. John the Baptist, Egham or St. John's Church is an evangelical Anglican church located in the centre of Egham, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. There are approximately 320 members on the Electoral Roll and a usual Sunday attendance in the region of 300.
1.1 miSE
Bridge
M25 Runnymede Bridge, Egham
28 min walk • The M25 Runnymede Bridge is a motorway, A-road and pedestrian and cycle bridge, built in the 1960s and 1980s and expanded in the 2000s, carrying the M25 and A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the Staines upon Thames and Egham reach of the river.
0.5 miSE
Island
The Island, Egham
12 min walk • The Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, a part of the Hythe End part of Wraysbury village and civil parish, Berkshire.
0.4 miW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Magna Carta Island, Egham
11 min walk • Magna Carta Island is an ait in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Bell Weir Lock. It is in Berkshire facing water-meadows forming Runnymede.
0.9 miS
Universities and schools
Strode's College, Egham
23 min walk • Strode's College is a sixth form college located in Egham, Surrey. Its history began in 1704 when Henry Strode bequeathed £6,000 to set up a free school in his native parish of Egham. In the twentieth century Strode's became a boys' grammar school before being designated a sixth form college in 1975.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ankerwycke Yew?

Nearby attractions include Runnymede, Egham (9 min walk), Magna Carta Island, Egham (11 min walk), The Island, Egham (12 min walk), Air Forces Memorial, Egham (16 min walk).

How to get to Ankerwycke Yew by public transport?

The nearest stations to Ankerwycke Yew:

Bus

Kingswood Hall • Lines: Rh2, Rh3 (16 min walk)
Hox Park • Lines: Rh2, Rh3 (19 min walk)

Train

Wraysbury (29 min walk)
Egham (30 min walk)