Tourist attractions Guildford

Remodelled in the 18C in the Palladian style, this originally Elizabethan manor house is now a National Trust property. The monumental marble hall with chimneypieces and ornate mouldings is a masterpiece. Family portraits embellish the elegantly de..

Two signposted tracks and little paths allow visitors to discover one of the 18C’s finest landscaped gardens. Created by painter, botanist and architect Charles Hamilton on his return from the European Grand Tour, the park has splendid parterres arra..

Built for Admiral Boscawen in 1758, this house’s interior is classic Robert Adam with a hint of French style (frescoed dining room). Its furniture, pictures and sculpture create an ambience of Regency elegance. The fine Cobbe Collection of historic k..

Just as in the 18C, the city is dominated by the Guildhall with its ornate projecting clock. Nearby Guildford House is an elegant late 17C town house with paintings from the Borough's art collection and a changing programme of exhibitions. Note t..

Beneath the solid sandstone walls of the 12C keep, almost all that remains of Surrey's royal castle, banks of flowerbeds provide spectacular seasonal colour. Jeanne Argent's sculpture, Alice Through the Looking Glass (1990) commemorates writer Lewi..

Mementoes of Lewis Caroll and of gardener and writer Gertrude Jekyll are included in the museum which traces the history of the city and its first inhabitants. Also note displays of Saxon coins, 17C jewellery and examples of Victorian needlework.

Designed by Sir Edward Maufe and bult between 1936 and 1961, the cathedral overlooks the city from its dramatic setting on Stag Hill, an illuminated beacon at night.

The gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society have a different beauty in every season. This floral paradise boasts rhododendrons, azaleas, Oriental flowers and many other plant species for the delectation of visitors. You can enjoy these wonders of ..

This extensive bird collection is displayed in 14 ha of landscaped gardens and includes the largest free-flight aviary in Britain. A breeding programme is undertaken at the incubation research centre and the park also features crocodiles, invertebrat..

A water park, set around the old gravel pits: rafting on Thunder River and the impressive dive of Logger's Leap (remember to smile for the camera half-way down). Waterbuses glide across the lake to the 1930 Thorpe Farm and there are plenty of gentle ..