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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in East Clandon
Visit East Clandon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best East Clandon places to visit. A unique way to experience East Clandon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore East Clandon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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East Clandon is a village and civil parish in Surrey on the A246 between Guildford and Leatherhead. In 2011 it had a population of 268 in 109 households clustered around three buildings, the church of St Thomas of Canterbury, The Queen’s Head pub and the village hall. The parish landscape includes a large farm and Hatchlands Park, a similar but National Trust estate. When you visit East Clandon, Walkfo brings East Clandon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
East Clandon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about East Clandon
Visit East Clandon – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 22 audio plaques & East Clandon places for you to explore in the East Clandon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best East Clandon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
East Clandon history
Early history
The word Clandon (first recorded as Clanedune) goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. It means “clean down” (open downland) from the North Downs hills that rise to the south of the village. Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine foundation, was patron of East Clandon from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.
1761 to present
From 1768 the Sumner family owned the Hatchlands estate until it was bought at auction in 1888 by Lord Rendel. In 1913 his eldest daughter’s son Captain Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel inherited the estate in trust. The captain was a professional architect and took a great interest in the village and its inhabitants.
Notable residents of East Clandon
Sir Anthony Browne 1500–1548. Owner of Manor of East Clandon. Thomas Goffe 1591–1629. A minor Jacobean playwright. Admiral Edward Boscawen. 1711–1761. Builder of Hatchlands Park. Sir Freddie Laker 1922–2006. Airline pioneer.
Why visit East Clandon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit East Clandon places with Walkfo East Clandon to hear history at East Clandon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo East Clandon has 22 places to visit in our interactive East Clandon 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 East Clandon, 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 East Clandon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to East Clandon & the surrounding areas.
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22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best East Clandon places to visit
East Clandon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied East Clandon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo East Clandon’s information audio spots:
Sheepleas
Sheepleas is a 99.9-hectare (247-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and a Local Nature Reserve.
Upper Common Pits
Upper Common Pits is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the north of Gomshall in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Guildford Golf Club
Guildford Golf Club is a private members golf club located in Merrow, Guildford, England. Founded in 1886, it is the oldest golf club in the county of Surrey.
Hatchlands Park
Hatchlands Park is a red-brick country house with surrounding gardens in East Clandon, Surrey, England, covering 170 hectares (430 acres) It is located near Guildford along the A246 between East and West Horsley. The gardens were Grade II listed in 2007.
HM Prison Send
HM Prison Send is a closed category women’s prison in the extreme south of Ripley near Send in Surrey. Its post town is Woking, Surrey. The prison is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
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here East Clandon has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo East Clandon plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit East Clandon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each East Clandon plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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