Castle Hill, Chessington

Castle Hill is a 3.5-hectare scheduled monument, local nature reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Chessington in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Local Nature Reserve in London
Also known as: “Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chessington World of Adventures and Chessington South railway station.

Chessington World of Adventures

Theme park

Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.

Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a 128 acres theme park, zoo and hotel complex in Chessington, Greater London, England, around 12 miles southwest of Central London.

Chessington South railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, and is the terminus of the Chessington Branch Line.

Chessington North railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chessington North railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South West London, is on the Chessington branch line and is served by South Western Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Epsom and Thames Ditton.

Epsom

Photo: monkeywing, CC BY 2.0.

Epsom is a residential town of about 31,500 people in Surrey, 15 miles south west of London, just outside the metropolitan boundary of Greater London. Its racecourse is home to the Epsom Derby, a two-day festival of horse racing dating back to 1780.

Thames Ditton

Photo: Gavin Wilson, Public domain.

Thames Ditton is a large suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross in central London.

Ewell

Town

Photo: Bobulous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ewell is a town in the Epsom and Ewell district, in Surrey, England, 12 miles south of central London and two miles northeast of Epsom. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 34,872.

Castle Hill, Chessington

Categories: local nature reserve and recreation area
Location: Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3576° or 51° 21′ 27″ north

Longitude

-0.2914° or 0° 17′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3X9P55+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 579954668

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q16986286

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Castle Hill and Chessington.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Butcher’s Grove and St Mary’s CofE (Aided) Primary School.

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