Byfleet Travel Guide

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Byfleet Manor House. The current house was built in 1886 but a manor has been on the site since the 13th century. Once a residence of Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, and a favourite haunt of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Byfleet Manor is now a private residence often used for location filming. It featured in ITV's Downtown Abbey as the home of Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by Dame Maggie Smith. In February 2013 the Surrey Advertiser reported how a telecoms engineer had lifted the floorboards and come across a previously undocumented seven-foot square hidden room beneath him. It had no doors and a bricked up window. The room's purpose remains unknown.
Byfleet Manor House. The current house was built in 1886 but a manor has been on the site since the 13th century. Once a residence of Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, and a favourite haunt of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Byfleet Manor is now a private residence often used for location filming. It featured in ITV's Downtown Abbey as the home of Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by Dame Maggie Smith. In February 2013 the Surrey Advertiser reported how a telecoms engineer had lifted the floorboards and come across a previously undocumented seven-foot square hidden room beneath him. It had no doors and a bricked up window. The room's purpose remains unknown.
Byfleet: Church of St Mary the Virgin Dating back to the 13th century but much rebuilt, particularly in Victorian times, the church is built of flint and puddingstone rubble and has a wood shingled belfry under its broach spire. The Church's website is here http://www.stmarysbyfleet.org.uk/index.htm

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Zedwell Piccadilly Circus

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3 out of 5
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Royal Garden Hotel

Royal Garden Hotel

5 out of 5
2-24 Kensington High Street London England
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Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

4 out of 5
Scarsdale Place London England
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Sofitel London Heathrow

Sofitel London Heathrow

5 out of 5
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The price is NZ$364 per night from 17 Feb to 18 Feb
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The Drey

The Drey

2 out of 5
1 Barkston Gardens London England
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22 Feb - 23 Feb
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Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel

Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel

4 out of 5
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20 Feb - 21 Feb
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