#1 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
City Centre Hounslow
Richmond-upon-Thames
~4.70 miles from West Drayton city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Hounslow Central
Richmond-upon-Thames
~4.90 miles from West Drayton city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Osterley Park
London
~5.01 miles from West Drayton city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
St. Laurence Church, Slough
Slough
~5.25 miles from West Drayton city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
St. Paul's Church (Slough)
Slough
~5.38 miles from West Drayton city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Slough Train Station
Slough
~5.39 miles from West Drayton city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
City Centre Slough
Slough
~5.47 miles from West Drayton city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
St. Mary's Church (Slough)
Slough
~5.54 miles from West Drayton city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Frogmore House
~5.86 miles from West Drayton city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Eton College
Eton
~6.18 miles from West Drayton city center
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Eton College is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440. Eton was founded by King Henry VI as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor.
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor".
It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868.
It has a very long list of distinguished former pupils, including eighteen former British Prime Ministers. Traditionally, Eton has been referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen",[2] and has been described as the most famous public school in the world.[3] Early in the 20th century, a historian of Eton wrote "No other school can claim to have sent forth such a cohort of distinguished figures to make their mark on the world
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Windsor Castle
Eton
~6.19 miles from West Drayton city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Windsor Guildhall
Windsor
~6.20 miles from West Drayton city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Windsor Parish Church
Eton
~6.21 miles from West Drayton city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Theatre Royal
Eton
~6.22 miles from West Drayton city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
City Centre Windsor
Eton
~6.23 miles from West Drayton city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Windsor Royal Shopping Centre
Eton
~6.29 miles from West Drayton city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Twickenham Stadium
London
~6.38 miles from West Drayton city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial (Runnymede Memorial)
Egham
~6.38 miles from West Drayton city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
River Thames
Eton
~6.47 miles from West Drayton city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Twickenham Stoop Stadium
London
~6.52 miles from West Drayton city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Thorpe Park
London
~6.90 miles from West Drayton city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Syon Park
London
~6.93 miles from West Drayton city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Griffin Park Stadium
London
~7.07 miles from West Drayton city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Copper Horse
~7.29 miles from West Drayton city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Kew Palace
London
~7.53 miles from West Drayton city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
City Centre Richmond
Richmond-upon-Thames
~7.63 miles from West Drayton city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London
~7.69 miles from West Drayton city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Kew Gardens
Richmond-upon-Thames
~7.76 miles from West Drayton city center
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http://www.kew.org/
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Windsor Great Park
~7.83 miles from West Drayton city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in West Drayton
Chertsey Abbey
London
~8.33 miles from West Drayton city center
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Chertsey is one of the oldest towns in England. It grew around Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 AD by Eorcenwald, Bishop of London.
In the 9th century it was sacked by the Danes and refounded from Abingdon Abbey by King Edgar of England in 964.
Chertsey appears in the Domesday Book as Certesi. It was held partly by Chertsey Abbey and partly by Richard Sturmid from the abbey. Its domesday assets were: 5 hides, 1 mill and 1 forge at the hall, 20 ploughs, 80 hectares of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. It rendered £22.[2]
The Abbey grew to become one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in England, supported by large fiefs in the northwest corner of Sussex until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536. The King took stone from the Abbey to construct his palace at Oatlands, the villagers also used stone for raising the streets. By the late 17th century, only some outer walls of the Abbey remained.
Today the history of the abbey is reflected in local place names and the fishponds that still fill with water after heavy rain.
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