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Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow)
The ancient pollarded beech woodland close to Pinewood Studios is one of Britain's most-filmed forests.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Chalfont St Giles
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Chalfont St Giles
Chalfont St Giles works well as a base: 10 minutes from Little Chalfont, 17km from Windsor Castle.
Chalfont St Giles is in England, United Kingdom, with about 8,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Little Chalfont, about 4 km away.
Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont.
It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, central London, and nearRead more
Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.
The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village. The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001. Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving home.
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What is there to see near Chalfont St Giles?
Within an hour or so of Chalfont St Giles: Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) (9 km), Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match) (11 km), Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - Making of Harry Potter (12 km), Windsor Castle (17 km).
Are there any good drives near Chalfont St Giles?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Chalfont St Giles?
Chalfont St Giles is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Little Chalfont.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,957
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.6318, -0.5703
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Chalfont St Giles
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
film location
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match)
The Palladian clubhouse and course hosted the celebrated golf match between Bond and Goldfinger, and reappeared in Tomorrow Never Dies.
11 km · about 20 min drive
film location
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - Making of Harry Potter
The Leavesden studios where all eight films were shot; the tour preserves the original Great Hall, Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Express sets.
12 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Windsor Castle
The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, serving as a royal residence for over 900 years.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
LEGOLAND Windsor
Family-friendly theme park near London with LEGO-themed rides, building workshops, and Miniland models.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
Ace Cafe London
The 1938 North Circular roadside cafe that became the home of the ton-up boys and rocker culture, reopened on its original site in 1997 and still holding weekly bike and classic car meets.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
The UK's largest zoo set across 600 acres of Bedfordshire parkland with drive-through animal enclosures.
24 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Virginia Water Lake, Surrey (Forbidden Forest)
The lakeside and woods of Windsor Great Park doubled for the Forbidden Forest and the Hogwarts grounds in Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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