An abbey town that kept its character
Chertsey grew up around its abbey, founded in 666 AD, and received its market charter from Henry I — the Black Cherry Fair has run each July since 1440, and the 8pm curfew bell still rings on weekdays, tied to the legend of Blanche Heriot celebrated in the statue at Chertsey Bridge. The centre keeps a run of 18th-century listed buildings, the medieval church tower among them, alongside Botleys Mansion on the town's edge.
The River Bourne threads through town to meet the Thames at Weybridge, and the green space is generous: the Thames Path, Chertsey Meads, and St Ann's Hill with its prehistoric hill-fort remains. Trains run to Waterloo, the M25 and M3 are minutes away, and riverside homes along the Meads and the Bourne are a quiet speciality of ours.
The river & the Meads
Thames Path walks, Chertsey Meads and waterside homes where the Bourne meets the Thames.
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Trains to London Waterloo, quick M25 and M3 junctions, and Thorpe Park and Virginia Water close by.
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