Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit, Wraysbury

Name: Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
Address: Wraysbury, United Kingdom

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Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit is a 58.0-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wraysbury in Berkshire. It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site, and Special Protection Area. The lake has a surface area of 39.6 hectares. The site has an area of 58.0-hectare and the lake 39.6-hectare. The pit was excavated in the 1920s and 1930s with gravel being removed from the site. Over the years plants and wildlife have colonised the area and it is now mature. ()

Coordinates: 51°27'47"N, 0°33'22"W

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Wraysbury United Kingdom

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Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Runnymede, Theatre Royal, Air Forces Memorial, Frogmore House.

1.6 miS
Park
Runnymede, Egham
41 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...
2.7 miNW
Theater, Concerts and shows
Theatre Royal, Slough
69 min walk • The Theatre Royal is an Edwardian theatre on Thames Street in Windsor in Berkshire. The present building is the second theatre to stand on this site and opened on 13 December 1910. Built for Sir Wiliam Shipley and Captain Reginald Shipley, it was a replacement for their previous theatre which was built in 1815 and had burnt down in 1908.
1.8 miS
Cemetery, View point, Memorial
Air Forces Memorial, Egham
46 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.
1.8 miNW
Museum, History museum, Architecture
Frogmore House, Slough
47 min walk • Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It is a historic Grade I listed building. The house is located on the Frogmore estate, which is situated within the grounds of the Home Park in Windsor, Berkshire.
2.6 miSW
Monuments and statues
The Copper Horse
67 min walk • The Copper Horse is an 1831 equestrian statue of George III.
1.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Adelaide Cottage, Windsor and Eton
48 min walk • Adelaide Cottage is a historic house in Windsor Home Park just east of Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. Incorporating parts of John Nash's Royal Lodge from Windsor Great Park, it was re-erected in 1831, in the picturesque style for Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV. Architect Jeffry Wyatville oversaw the construction.
1.3 miS
Tree
Ankerwycke Yew, Egham
33 min walk • 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.
1.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wraysbury Reservoir
34 min walk • Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of Heathrow Airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed by W. & C. French in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres.
1.3 miNW
Bridge
Albert Bridge, Slough
35 min walk • Albert Bridge is a road bridge in England running north–south and carrying the B3021 between Datchet and Old Windsor. It crosses the River Thames on the reach between Old Windsor Lock and Romney Lock.
1.7 miNW
Village, Area
Datchet, Slough
44 min walk • Datchet is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England, located on the north bank of the River Thames.
2.6 miSW
Church
Royal Chapel of All Saints
68 min walk • The Royal Chapel of All Saints or Queen Victoria's Chapel is a Grade II listed church in the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England and is a Royal Peculiar, serving as an informal parish church for the inhabitants and staff of the Windsor Great Park.