Chertsey today has a busy high street (Guildford Street) with a variety of shops and Restaurants. Chertsey Museum, the Abbey site, St. Peter’s Church and the Old Town Hall are in the town centre. The Museum features the nationally significant Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles and houses items of local history pertaining to the Borough of Runnymede.
Chertsey has good access to countryside and to the River Thames and reasonably priced places to stay. The award winning Chertsey Caravanning and Camping Club borders the River Thames at Chertsey Bridge.
Within two miles:
Chertsey Meads is a 170 acre site of open grassland fronting the River Thames, with wildlife habitats, walks and picnic areas.
St. Ann’s Hill includes the site of a bronze age hill fort and medieval chapel. It rises to 240 ft and has commanding views over the Thames basin.
Runnymede Borough Council publishes rambles leaflets, four of which pass through Chertsey and two nature trails for St. Ann’s Hill and Chertsey Meads. To the south you can explore the Wey Navigation, which wends its way to Guildford, walk along the River Bourne and the Basingstoke Canal, which joins the Wey Navigation at New Haw.
Local villages include Ottershaw, Lyne, Longcross, Thorpe and Virginia Water.