Things to do within a few miles:
If you enjoy walking or cycling, then there is plenty of open countryside right on your doorstep, and we walk locally on the hills, or down by the river which runs through the nearby countryside or the town.

There are plenty of shops, restaurants and bars in the town of Guildford, quite a mixture of trendy and traditional. Plus a couple of department stores...and we tend not to go much further for shopping or eating out as there is a good choice in or around the town and its outlying villages.
There are two local shopping malls, one in Guildford town centre, and one in Woking town centre, only a few miles away.

Other amenities around the town and just outside include a big leisure complex with a big leisure pool with slide-rides and tubes/wave machine/jacuzzi area, plus another 3 pools for kiddies, diving, and lane swimming. The complex also contains an ice rink (home of the Guildford Flames ice hockey team), and a big ten pin bowling alley, plus the usual squash, tennis courts and kids soft play area. You will also find local parks with tennis courts, putting green, plenty of golf courses and riding stables.

There is a big multi-screen cinema complex and well known local theatre in both Guildford and Woking (they both carry many pre-West end shows), and there are a number of children's farms locally, so you should not be short of things to do.

Take a virtual picture tour of Guildford.

Things to do within a short drive:
lThorpe Park - Theme park
lChessington World of Adventures - Animal Park and theme park
lBirdworld - Aviary and small zoo
lGatwick Zoo
lDrusillas Zoo
lRoyal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley
lMary Rose ship in Portsmouth
lHMS Victory in Portsmouth
lSubmarine museum in Portsmouth
lSealife Centre
lHampton Court Royal Palace
lVarious gardens and stately homes
lRiver walks and river trips on the River Thames

Days out by car:
lLongleat Safari Park
lSouth Coast - Brighton/Dover
lNew Forest (walking and cycling)
lWindsor Castle (still used by the queen)
lOxford and Cambridge historical towns
lHenley (on Thames, famous for the rowing regatta)
lSandy beaches for kids and swimming...West Wittering is the closest with many others.
lChannel tunnel or ferry to France.

London:
There are loads of things to do in London, our favourites include:
lLondon Eye (Millenium Wheel for fantastic views over the city)
lMadame Tussaud's Waxworks and Planetarium
lBuckingham Palace
lTower of London
lArt Galleries
lRiver Trips
lThe big museums: Natural History Museum, Science Museum. Museum of the Moving Image, Imperial War Museum

Trains to London
There are six trains to London every hour from Guildford main station. Four of these are fast, taking about 35mins journey time to one of London's main rail termini, London Waterloo.

Two per hour take 52mins, and also stop at a little local station on our side of the town, only 15mins walk from the house. Since Guildford main station car park is only about 10mins drive away across the town centre, we tend to use that (I reckon it would take about 30mins to walk to the main station.

We think the house is ideally situated, with good connections to London and yet away from the hustle and bustle of the city and built up suburbs.