The scream from the Stealth, the 0–80 mph in the 1.9 seconds, the 205-foot top hat, the weightlessness at the crest, and the 10-second ride, is the sound of the Thorpe Park, and the Thorpe Park is the essential family thrill-park in the south-east of the England. The visitor to the Thorpe Park is the spending the day in the queues, and the places to visit near the Thorpe Park that are not the Thorpe Park are the answer to the question: “What is the there to do in the Chertsey and the surroundings when the legs are the tired and the screams are the done?” Here are the places.

Places to Visit near Thorpe Park

• The Windsor and the Runnymede, the 20-minute drive: The Windsor is the essential day out near the Thorpe Park: the Windsor Castle (the oldest and the largest occupied castle in the world, the 11th century, the State Apartments, the St George’s Chapel, the burial of the Queen Elizabeth II in the 2022, and the best royal experience in the UK. ~£30, and the essential strategy: the book online, the morning, and the changing-of-the-guard at the 11am on the selected days, the essential check the website for the dates). The Runnymede is the 5 minutes from the Windsor: the Magna Carta memorial (the 1215, the Runnymede, the meadow, the Thames, the most important political site in the England), the John F Kennedy memorial (the 1965, the 0.4 hectares of the England that are the American soil, the only, and the most unusual memorial in the UK), the Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial (the 1953, the Cooper’s Hill, the 20,456 names of the airmen and the women of the Commonwealth who died in the Second World War and the have no known grave, the most moving memorial in the south-east. The free, and the view: the Thames, the Windsor Castle, the Heathrow, and the best view in the Surrey). More UK →
• The Hampton Court and the Richmond, the 25-minute drive: The Hampton Court Palace (the 35 minutes from the Thorpe Park, the Henry VIII, and the essential palace, see #1582). The Richmond Park (the largest of the Royal Parks, the 955 hectares, the 600 red and the fallow deer, the Isabella Plantation, the woodland garden, the azaleas, the rhododendrons, and the best park in the London region. The essential Richmond Park experience: the bike hire at the Roehampton Gate, the £15 for the hour, the Tamsin Trail, the 12 km, the 1 hour, and the best bike ride in the south-east. The essential viewpoint: the King Henry’s Mound, the protected view of the St Paul’s Cathedral, the 10 miles away, the narrow gap in the hedge, and the most famous view in the London. The essential: the free, and the mention of the protection that means the no building can block the view, the oldest planning protection in the England). The Richmond upon Thames, the most beautiful riverside town in the London: the walk along the Thames Path from the Richmond to the Teddington Lock (the 4 km, the 1 hour, the boat-houses, the pubs, and the best Thames walk in the London), the lunch at the Petersham Nurseries Café (the greenhouse, the £30 for the main, the most beautiful café in the London region), and the essential alternative lunch: the White Cross (the pub on the river, the £15 for the main, and the best-value riverside lunch in the Richmond)