9 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.

13 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.

16 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.

21 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.

21 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

The impressive motte and shell keep of Farnham Castle, Surrey, founded in 1138 by Bishop Henry of Blois. An enjoyable day out within travelling distance of London.

23 miles from Purley on Thames Parish

Fragments of the church and monastic buildings of the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128.