Camberley Obelisk

Camberley Obelisk is a brick tower at the top of a hill in Camberley, Surrey, England. The tower was built by John Norris in about 1765–1770. The top section of the tower was destroyed by fire in the early 1880s. It is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Camberley Theatre and Camberley Library.

Camberley Theatre

Theater building

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Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Camberley Theatre is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Camberley Obelisk.

Camberley Library

Library

Photo: Mertbiol, CC0.

Camberley Library is situated 890 feet southwest of Camberley Obelisk.

High Cross Church

Church

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High Cross Church is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Camberley Obelisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camberley and Old Dean.

Camberley

Photo: Lewis Hulbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Camberley is a town in Surrey. Camberley is an up-and-coming and expanding town, which is known for being close to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.

Old Dean

Suburb

The Old Dean is a suburb of Camberley in Surrey, England. The area starts approximately 1 km NNE from the town centre. The estate is built on the Olddean or Old Dean Common falling within the district of Surrey Heath Borough Council.

Frimley

Town

Photo: Euchiasmus, Public domain.

Frimley is a town in the borough of Surrey Heath, in Surrey, England. It lies approximately 30 mi south-west of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086. Frimley is situated 2 miles south of Camberley Obelisk.

Camberley Obelisk

Type: Ruins
Also known as: “The Obelisk”
Categories: folly, building, and historic site
Location: Surrey Heath, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.34016° or 51° 20′ 25″ north

Longitude

-0.73923° or 0° 44′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C3X87R6+38

OpenStreetMap ID

way 140530951

OpenStreetMap feature

building=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q5025043

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