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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wisley

  

Wisley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wisley

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Wisley history

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Etymology

Variant spellings of Wiselei (11th century) and Wyseleye feature in the feet of fines and similar rolls at Westminster and Lambeth Palaces. The phoneme ‘wiz’ is typically a person’s name a lea is another English word meaning meadow.

Domesday Book

Wisley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wiselei. It was held by Osuuold (Oswold) [of Wotton], whose main seat was Wotton. It rendered £3 in the feudal system to its overlords per year. Wisley Church was built in 1150.

Manorial descent

Wisley held the manor of Wisley when Domesday Book was compiled. The manor was subinfeudated by the later lords of Wotton. In the early 1200s, it passed from Roger de Somerey to Robert de Briwes, who leased it to Walter le Basle in 1243.

19th and 20th centuries

Wisley Airfield, a misnomer as it is within the bounds of Ockham, next to the junction of the M25/A3, had a 6,691-foot (1.27-mile) runway. Built towards the end of World War II as a flight test airfield for the Vickers aircraft factory.

Wisley geography / climate

Wisley gives its name to the intersection of the A3 Portsmouth Road and the M25 motorway, Junction 10. The village is equidistant between Cobham and Woking, in the Borough of Guildford. It is the home of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Wisley Garden.

You can visit Wisley places with Walkfo Wisley to hear history at Wisley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wisley has 39 places to visit in our interactive Wisley 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 Wisley, 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 Wisley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wisley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 39 audio facts unique to Wisley places in an interactive Wisley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Wisley Places Map
39 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Wisley places to visit

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

Woodham, Surrey Woodham is a suburban village in Surrey next to New Haw . It is contiguous with two suburbs of Woking: Sheerwater and West Byfleet .

BAC Concorde G-BBDG G-BBDG (manufacturer’s serial number 202, known as “Delta Golf”) was the British development Concorde built for evaluation testing. Along with the French Concorde F-WTSB, the aircraft was used to enable sufficient testing to allow for the Concorde fleet to receive certification.

Painshill Painshill is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th-century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by Charles Hamilton. The original house built in the park by Hamilton has since been demolished.

Foxwarren Park Foxwarren Park, at Wisley in Surrey, was designed in 1860 by the railway architect Frederick Barnes for brewing magnate and MP Charles Buxton. It was then owned by Hannah Weinstein and chosen for films and television series including The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Burwood Park Burwood Park is a private residential estate in Hersham, Surrey. It consists of approximately 400 detached houses dating from the early 20th century to the present day.

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