Booker’s Tower
Bookers Tower is a Grade II-listed four-storey octagonal tower built in the 19th century, in the Gothic style. It is in Guildford, Surrey, to the west of the town centre on Beech Lane. It is adjacent to the Mount Cemetery, the resting place of Lewis Carroll.Photo: Mr squelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: tower in The Mount, Guildford
- Also known as: “Bookers Tower” and “Bookers Tower Guildford”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Cemetery and St Nicolas C of E Infant School.
Mount Cemetery
Cemetery
Mount Cemetery, also known as Guildford Cemetery, is a cemetery in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is the location of Booker's Tower. Guildford Cemetery is surrounded by low-density houses with gardens and a covered reservoir beyond the east corner… Mount Cemetery is situated 370 feet northwest of Booker’s Tower.
St Nicolas C of E Infant School
School
Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. St Nicolas C of E Infant School is situated 820 feet northeast of Booker’s Tower.
Guildford Castle
Photo: SuzanneKn, Public domain.
Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror, or one of his barons, shortly after the 1066 invasion of England. Guildford Castle is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Booker’s Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guildford and Onslow Village.
Guildford
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guildford is a large town in Surrey in the South East of England. It has retained much of its historical charm. A short walk up the cobbled high street shows many buildings which are hundreds of years old.
Onslow Village
Suburb
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 151,359 inhabitants in 2024.
Shalford
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford. It has a railway station which is between Guildford and Dorking on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line.
Booker’s Tower
- Categories: tower and historic site
- Location: Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.23014° or 51° 13′ 49″ northLongitude
-0.58147° or 0° 34′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C3X6CJ9+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 556695080OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q4943171
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Booker’s Tower” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Booker’s Tower”
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