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Thorpe is unusually far west to be called Thorpe.

Sprout Eater | 30.03.19 - 7:04 a.m. | #

And of course Chertsey is one of the 172 places in th UK to have had a Grand Union narrow boat named after it... (I wouldn't mention this every time, but Chertsey happens to be the one that I own).

Sarah | Homepage | 30.03.19 - 7:11 a.m. | #

I used to often visit Chertsey to go to an auction house and at other times to a specialist radio shop. Both no longer in Chertsey.
My latest visit was last year to the Chertsey fair called the "Black Cherry" fair, quite a large event held on Abbey Fields.
I am glad you found that little known footpath at the back of Thorpe Park, which I have yet to walk.

John | 30.03.19 - 8:01 a.m. | #

I worked in Thorpe Park when it was still a gravel pit, concrete plant and research & training centre. This piece brought back memories but it took some time to realise that I used to pass the Red Lion occaisionaly.

Mike Roberts | 30.03.19 - 9:13 a.m. | #

I think Thorpe Park missing a trick... retro rides are the rage it other parts of the world. Loggers Leap with a little work would make for a pleasant distraction from all the bigger, louder, brasher rides.

Vin | 30.03.19 - 9:52 a.m. | #

I took the family on that log flume on two occasions. It was the best ride there for families with young children.

Joho | 30.03.19 - 10:00 a.m. | #

The fences at Thorpe Park are to prevent people like me escaping. Totally agree with the comments about the log ride though.

Chris | 30.03.19 - 10:58 a.m. | #

I think Chertsey Abbey's importance stems from the fact that in Anglo Saxon times it was the meeting place for several Anglo Saxon kingdoms such as Wessex, Mercia and The East and South Saxons. Thus it was a convenient place for the rulers of those kingdoms to meet to discuss peace after times of war.

Tones | 30.03.19 - 5:29 p.m. | #

Blimey, DG visits my home town and manages to find at least one or two things that I've never seen!

Thanks for a trip down memory lane. I'd only quibble with calling the Sainsbury's "enormous". Compared to most out-of-town supermarkets nowadays, it's quite bijou.

Peter Moore | 30.03.19 - 6:10 p.m. | #

Although not the Thames Path, it's an easy walk past or through the Marina, across the meadows, bridge over the Bourne, Wey Navigation towpath, left to Thames Lock, along the Thames to the Shepperton ferry.

You missed another Chertsey Abbey remnant the Abbey Barn.

Mike D | 30.03.19 - 10:40 p.m. | #

Although Chertsey museum covers the whole of Runnymede we also have a museum here in Egham (open on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and nearer than Chertsey to Runnemede itself. The museum and the town both commemorate the sealing of Magna Carta, there is a fountain and a statue in the High Street and Magna Carta day celebrations are held in June.

Bill | 31.03.19 - 10:58 a.m. | #

A significant proportion of births in North Surrey occur in Chertsey, the location of St Peter's Hospital, also probably the biggest provider of employment in the area. For nearly 20 years the NHS trust ran its own public transport routes, named Peterbus, until abolition in 2013.

felix | 31.03.19 - 10:52 p.m. | #











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