Visit Laleham Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Laleham

  

Laleham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Laleham

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Laleham history

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The toponym “Laleham” comes from lael meaning twig and hamm (land in a river bend) or from Lella’s ham (cognate with holm or homestead), meaning farmstead owned by a person named similarly to the first syllable. The Middlesex section of the Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Leleham. The manor of Laleham was within a few generations held by Westminster Abbey throughout its monetary heyday.

You can visit Laleham places with Walkfo Laleham to hear history at Laleham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Laleham has 84 places to visit in our interactive Laleham map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Laleham, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Laleham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Laleham & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 84 audio facts unique to Laleham places in an interactive Laleham map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Laleham Places Map
84 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Laleham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Laleham

  

Best Laleham places to visit

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Laleham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Laleham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Laleham’s information audio spots:

Spelthorne Sports F.C. Spelthorne Sports F.C. play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division North. The club is based in the borough of Spelstorne.

Queen Mary Reservoir The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London’s reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties. The reservoir covers 707 acres (2.86 km) and is 45 ft (14 m) above the surrounding area.

Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) is a rowing club on the River Wey and River Thames. The club is based at Boat House, Walton Lane, Wey Bridge, Elmbridge, Surrey.

Lock Island Lock Island is an island in the River Thames connected to Shepperton Lock. Facing the attached by lock-gate bridge mainland is a hedge-lined lawn hosting a café. The Thames River Police have a station on the island.

Laleham Burway Laleham Burway is a 1.6-square-kilometre (0.62 sq mi) tract of water-meadow in the far north of Chertsey in Surrey. Part of it was a cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of cricket club. The southern part of the effective island sharing the name of the Burway was the Abbey Mead, which was kept since the seventh century.

Chertsey branch line The Chertsey branch line, opened in 1848, connects the Waterloo to Reading Line at Virginia Water to the South West Main Line at Weybridge. For passenger services it has a terminus siding at Weybridge otherwise its other three stations are through stations. Day trip steam excursions share in use of the line sometimes calling at London Waterloo, Staines, Woking and stations.

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