Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits, Wraysbury

Name: Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
Address: Wraysbury, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Wraysbury

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Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits is a 117.2-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. ()

Area: 0.45 mi²Coordinates: 51°27'4"N, 0°32'42"W

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Wraysbury United Kingdom

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Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Runnymede, Air Forces Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Staines Bridge.

0.9 miSW
Park
Runnymede, Egham
25 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...
1.3 miSW
Cemetery, View point, Memorial
Air Forces Memorial, Egham
32 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.
1.5 miSE
Church
St. Mary's Church, Staines-upon-Thames
39 min walk • St Mary's, Staines, is a Church of England parish church in the town and parish of Staines-upon-Thames, in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and the Greater London Urban Area. The parish is in the Archdeaconry of Middlesex in the Diocese of London. The church building is on an unusual rise against the Thames at the west end of the town.
1.7 miSE
Bridge
Staines Bridge, Staines-upon-Thames
44 min walk • Staines Bridge is a road bridge running in a south-west to north-east direction across the River Thames in Surrey. It is on the modern A308 road and links the boroughs of Spelthorne and Runnymede at Staines-upon-Thames and Egham Hythe.
0.7 miSW
Tree
Ankerwycke Yew, Egham
17 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.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wraysbury Reservoir
28 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 miSE
Island
Hollyhock Island, Staines-upon-Thames
33 min walk • Hollyhock Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach between Bell Weir Lock and Penton Hook Lock.
1.5 miSE
Island
Church Island, Staines-upon-Thames
40 min walk • Church Island or Church Eyot is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock in Staines-upon-Thames, Spelthorne, Surrey. It is in the upper part of the reach.
1 miSE
Bridge
M25 Runnymede Bridge, Egham
27 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.
0.6 miS
Island
The Island, Egham
17 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.
1 miSW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Magna Carta Island, Egham
26 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.