What famous landmark do you live closest too

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Ill start it off with:

I live meters from Hadrians Wall, the village I live in is called Heddon-on-the-Wall

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

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Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor

[TGB]

So no shortage of readily gathered building stone round your place.

 

Sometimes Hadrian's Wall and sometimes Offa's Dyke ;-)

[Mick Stockbridge]

Thirty five miles away.

[Stubby]

West Dean College any good ? Largest flint built building in Sussex I believe .

[Woodworks]

Does Sir Francis Drakes old home count? About 1km away so second closest house to us.

[kentjames]

I can see Sissinghurst Castle from my house, mum works down there, I visit occasionally. Although I always find people tend not to visit the attractions closest to them preferring to travel. Certainly true around here with the number of terrorists, oh sorry tourists!, that we get through the villiage

[Arborist]

Broadmoor Hospital.

 

When James Saunders (Wolf Man) escaped over the wall in the early 90s he ran down the road I live in and broke into our scout hut nicking a tent and axe.

 

If someone escaped or was at large during school hours or the escape siren went off other than a Monday at 10am we were locked into our class rooms and had to be taken/picked up from school by our parents. This went on until the all clear siren went off.

 

There was a siren in our school and also a few dotted around Crowthorne, Bagshot, Camberley and Bracknell.

[Arborist]

Forgot to mention, I also had the pleasure every year of queuing up to sit on Jimmy Savills lap to get my Christmas present at the Christmas party for hospital staff kids!!

[bythamboy]

Little Bytham , next to the Kings Cross mainline where the Mallard ( steam loco ) broke the speed record .Use to have a pub in the village by the same name until it ran out of money to buy the beer .