The town once housed the Bleriot Aeroplane factory and played a part in the development of the country's aircraft industry. Chertsey is situated midway between Egham and Weybridge, the town has a long and distinguished history and was once the site of a Benedictine Abbey, first established in AD666. Woking offers convenient shopping, top quality entertainment, sporting action, relaxing countryside and interesting days out for all the family.
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Distances by road will be longer. Brooklands Museum opened in 1991 on 30 acres of the original 1907 motor-racing circuit. The park offers 500 acres of family fun. Painshill, contemporary with Stourhead and Stowe, is one of Europe's finest eighteenth century landscape gardens. The Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley is acclaimed by gardeners throughout the world, but you do not have to be a keen gardener to appreciate the beauty of Wisley.