Ottershaw is a village in the Runnymede district of Surrey, England about 20 miles to the south-west of London. It is part of the mixed rural and suburban Foxhills ward and is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Ottershaw first established in 1864 in what was part of the parish of Chertsey.
Population: 3,451
Latitude: 51° 21' 45.43" N
Longitude: 0° 31' 39.07" E
Pitzhanger Manor House, in Ealing (west London), was owned from 1800 to 1810 by the architect John Soane, who radically rebuilt it. Soane intended it as a country villa for entertaining and eventually for passing to his elder son. He demolished most…
Pembroke Lodge is a Grade II listed Georgian mansion in Richmond Park, London. It is located on high ground with views across the Thames valley to Windsor and Surrey. It has eleven acres (45,000 m²) of beautifully landscaped grounds, including King …
Oval is a geographically small area of Kennington, south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the south-east of Charing Cross. Oval straddles the border of south-west London and south-east London, and is wh…
Old Deer Park is an area of open space within Richmond, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.
Odiham Castle (also known locally as King John's Castle) is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Lunar House is a 20-storey office block in Croydon, in South London. It is situated at 40 Wellesley Road, on its east side, and houses the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration, a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom.
Londonderry House was an aristocratic townhouse situated on Park Lane in the Mayfair district of London, England. The house was the home to the Irish, titled family called the Stewarts who are better known as the Marquesses of Londonderry.
The Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England. It is 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long and is on average 45 metres (148 feet) wide. It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the River Thames and so alleviate flood…
Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon, Greater London. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), In-pa…
Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention facility in Harmondsworth, London Borough of Hillingdon, near London Heathrow Airport run by Mitie. Harmondsworth, which neighbours the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre, holds …
The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the largest flower show in the world. The Show is held in early July, and run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The show features show gardens, floral marque…
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (14 November 1834 – 17 April 1913) was a German-British shipbuilder and politician. Born in Hamburg, he moved to Liverpool in 1849 to live with his uncle, Gustav Christian Schwabe. After serving his apprenticeship in Manchester,…
Gerrards Cross Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, on the Chiltern Main Line. The purpose of the tunnel was to enable a new Tesco supermarket to be built over the railway line. Plans were initially met with anger by local …
The Founder's Building was the original building of Royal Holloway College, University of London (RHUL) in Egham, Surrey, England. It is an example of Gothic Revival architecture in the United Kingdom. Today it is the dominant building on the campus.
Fairfield Halls is an arts, entertainment and conference centre in Croydon, London, England that opened in 1962. It contains a Concert Hall (1801 seats), the Ashcroft Theatre (named after local Peggy Ashcroft) (755 seats), and the Arnhem Gallery whi…
Denham railway station is a railway station between the villages of Denham and Denham Green in Buckinghamshire, England.
A coronation stone is a stone which marks the place of coronation of a monarch. These were used in medieval Europe.
Clandon Park is an 18th-century Palladian mansion in West Clandon just outside Guildford, Surrey, in the United Kingdom.