Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Weybridge is a Thames-side town next to Brooklands, the first purpose built motor racing circuit, where Brooklands Museum has racing cars, aircraft and Concorde.
Weybridge is a Thames-side town in Elmbridge and the home of Brooklands Museum, which stands between Weybridge and Byfleet on the site of the first purpose built motor racing circuit, where Britain's first Grand Prix was held in August 1926. The museum's collection covers racing cars, motorcycles and historic aircraft, and the Concorde Experience takes you inside the aircraft on a 35 minute tour. The Sunbeam Café is in the Clubhouse, and picnics are welcome across the Paddock and aircraft park, where there is also a playground. Summer hours of 10am to 5pm run until 1 November, and on weekdays during October half term, from 17 October to 1 November 2026, families can follow the Grand Prix Mystery trail. Mercedes-Benz World is on the same site.
Weybridge station is managed by South Western Railway and has step free access to all platforms, some by ramps or streets, with 81 parking spaces. Brooklands Museum says it is half an hour by train from London Waterloo and a few minutes from junction 10 of the M25. Its main car park is free; use the postcode KT13 0SL and follow the brown signs, because some satnavs lead to a private entrance. The museum has been cashless since 1 January 2026. In the town, Elmbridge Borough Council's car parks include Churchfield Road, behind the library, and Baker Street, near Springfield Meadows. Elmbridge Museum shows its collection in display cases at the civic centre and libraries across the borough, and online.
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0A small passenger ferry across the Thames between Shepperton and Weybridge, continuing a crossing that has run from here for around 500 years. It carries Thames Path walkers and cyclists past Shepperton Lock without a detour round the River Wey.
Photo: MartynDavies, CC BY-SA 3.0A museum of motoring and aviation on the site of the world's first purpose-built race track, spread over 32 acres in Weybridge. You can look round racing cars, motorcycles and an aircraft park, go inside Concorde on a guided tour, and visit the London Bus Museum on the same ticket.
Photo: Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England, CC BY 2.0A Mercedes-Benz visitor centre on part of the old Brooklands circuit, with three floors of cars, classic models, simulators and driving displays, and free entry. It sits beside Brooklands Museum, so the two make an easy day together.
About 180 acres of council-run meadow, wetland and woodland bordered by the Thames and the River Bourne. It is popular with families and dog walkers, with a play area built around a boat called the Maid of the Meads.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0An Elmbridge Council park on Sopwith Drive in Weybridge, with traditional and natural play areas, a skate park, BMX tracks and a multi-use court. It is in the same Brooklands area as Brooklands Museum and Mercedes-Benz World.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0An easy, level stretch of the Thames Path national trail heading upstream from Walton Bridge towards the Shepperton ferry, with river views and reservoirs nearby. Surrey County Council lists it as one of its easy walks.
Photo: Alan Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0A large riverside park beside the Thames at Laleham, run by Spelthorne Council, with a playground, open grass and the Thames Path along its edge. It also has a campsite and space for horse riding.
The borough museum for Runnymede, in an 1810 town house in the centre of Chertsey, open since 1965. Six display spaces cover local archaeology, Chertsey Abbey, art and social history, and the museum cares for the Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles.
A wooded hilltop park on the edge of Chertsey, opened to the public in 1928 and once the site of a prehistoric hill fort. Two viewpoints look north towards Thorpe Park and Heathrow and west towards Windsor, and the ancient woodland of Monk's Grove fills with bluebells in spring.
A volunteer-run 7¼ inch gauge miniature railway in the green belt near Chertsey, with steam and instant-start locomotives and a fully working signalling system. Two routes run through a jungle area and Greywood Tunnel.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A restored two-acre 18th-century walled garden in Sunbury Park, run by Spelthorne Council and holder of Green Flag status. Knot gardens, parterres and Victorian and modern rose gardens surround the Lendy Memorial, and the gallery displays the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.
A big theme park on former gravel pits beside the M25 near Chertsey, with more than 25 rides including the Hyperia, Stealth, Colossus and Nemesis Inferno coasters and water rides such as Tidal Wave. It suits teenagers and thrill seekers most, though there are gentler family rides too, and the Thorpe Shark Cabins offer overnight stays.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A farm in West End, Esher, with a garden centre, farm shop and restaurant, and a 150-acre pick your own farm growing fruit, vegetables and flowers in season. Autumn brings a ticketed pumpkin event in the fields.
Photo: Amandajm, CC BY-SA 3.0A 160-acre 18th-century landscape garden in Cobham, laid out as a series of views around a serpentine lake with follies placed along the way. It is run by an independent charity, Painshill Park Trust, and the old house is private and not part of the visit.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A 360-hectare patchwork of woodland, heathland and wetland stretching from Esher to Cobham and from Oxshott to West End, managed by Elmbridge Council. The commons are a Site of Special Scientific Interest for their rare butterflies, beetles and reptiles.
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0An 18th-century garden shaped by Vanbrugh, Bridgeman, William Kent and Capability Brown, once a royal retreat for Princess Charlotte and later bought by Queen Victoria. Paths lead round a serpentine lake to a grass amphitheatre, a grotto and the Belvedere Tower.
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0More than 800 acres of heathland and woodland beside RHS Garden Wisley, now joined by the Cockrow Heathland Bridge, the first heathland bridge in the UK. Trails lead to the restored 1822 Semaphore Tower on Chatley Heath and the hidden Samuelson Mausoleum.
Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0A National Trust stretch of the River Wey Navigation, opened in 1653, where it passes Pyrford Lock and the Anchor pub. The Walsham length runs from here towards Send with RHS Wisley as a backdrop, and a 7-mile circular walk links the Wey with the Basingstoke Canal.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Brooklands marks the centenary of Britain's first Grand Prix with a new detective trail for half-term, The Grand Prix Mystery, performed in two scenes round the museum. Families can also take a short Concorde tour, ride a vintage bus and see the new Grand Prix exhibition.
Crockford Bridge Farm's half-term festival is a two-hour theatrical adventure through Wonderland, with actors and circus performers leading families to a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Pumpkin hunts, croquet and vintage fairground games fill the route.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Cleves School PTA's annual fireworks night in Weybridge, with a funfair and food and drink alongside the display. All proceeds go to the school.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands adds Halloween activities to its usual displays over half-term. Children can hunt for hidden pumpkins round the building, paint a spooky ceramic tea light holder and try face painting.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0Love Walton's annual start to Christmas brings a full lantern parade, a Christmas market and live entertainment to Walton-on-Thames town centre.
Chertsey's High Street hosts its Christmas Goose Fair with a procession, festive music, stalls, free crafts and face painting, a funfair and snow.
Chertsey Museum runs two Halloween craft sessions in half-term. Children make a 3D flapping bat on the Tuesday and turn a small box into a Frankenstein head on the Thursday.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0Esher Rugby Club's annual fireworks night combines a display with a funfair, street food and live entertainment at its Molesey Road ground.
Thorpe Park's Halloween scare event marks its 25th year in 2026 with a new maze, Tenement, alongside returning mazes, scare zones and shows. The rides keep running after dark, including the Hyperia and SAW coasters.
Photo: MartynDavies, CC BY-SA 3.0A museum of motoring and aviation on the site of the world's first purpose-built race track, spread over 32 acres in Weybridge. You can look round racing cars, motorcycles and an aircraft park, go inside Concorde on a guided tour, and visit the London Bus Museum on the same ticket.
Photo: Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England, CC BY 2.0A Mercedes-Benz visitor centre on part of the old Brooklands circuit, with three floors of cars, classic models, simulators and driving displays, and free entry. It sits beside Brooklands Museum, so the two make an easy day together.
The borough museum for Runnymede, in an 1810 town house in the centre of Chertsey, open since 1965. Six display spaces cover local archaeology, Chertsey Abbey, art and social history, and the museum cares for the Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles.
Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A restored two-acre 18th-century walled garden in Sunbury Park, run by Spelthorne Council and holder of Green Flag status. Knot gardens, parterres and Victorian and modern rose gardens surround the Lendy Memorial, and the gallery displays the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.
Photo of Esher: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0A farm in West End, Esher, with a garden centre, farm shop and restaurant, and a 150-acre pick your own farm growing fruit, vegetables and flowers in season. Autumn brings a ticketed pumpkin event in the fields.
Photo: Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England, CC BY 2.0A Mercedes-Benz visitor centre on part of the old Brooklands circuit, with three floors of cars, classic models, simulators and driving displays, and free entry. It sits beside Brooklands Museum, so the two make an easy day together.
About 180 acres of council-run meadow, wetland and woodland bordered by the Thames and the River Bourne. It is popular with families and dog walkers, with a play area built around a boat called the Maid of the Meads.
Photo of Weybridge: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0An Elmbridge Council park on Sopwith Drive in Weybridge, with traditional and natural play areas, a skate park, BMX tracks and a multi-use court. It is in the same Brooklands area as Brooklands Museum and Mercedes-Benz World.
Photo of Walton-on-Thames: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0An easy, level stretch of the Thames Path national trail heading upstream from Walton Bridge towards the Shepperton ferry, with river views and reservoirs nearby. Surrey County Council lists it as one of its easy walks.
Photo: Alan Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0A large riverside park beside the Thames at Laleham, run by Spelthorne Council, with a playground, open grass and the Thames Path along its edge. It also has a campsite and space for horse riding.
The borough museum for Runnymede, in an 1810 town house in the centre of Chertsey, open since 1965. Six display spaces cover local archaeology, Chertsey Abbey, art and social history, and the museum cares for the Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles.
