South East England
Surrey
Borough of Spelthorne

Staines-upon-Thames

Staines-upon-Thames, commonly known simply as Staines, is a market town in northwest , England, around 17 miles west of central London. It is in the , at the confluence of the and Colne.
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  • Type: Town with 51,000 residents
  • Description: riverside town on the River Thames in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England
  • Also known as: “Staines upon Thames”, “Staines, Middlesex”, and “Staines, Surrey”
  • Historically known as: “Staines”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borough of Spelthorne and Runnymede.

Town hall
Spelthorne is a local government district with borough status in , England. Its council is based in Staines-upon-Thames; other settlements in the area include , , , and .

Park
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is a water-meadow alongside the in the English county of , bordering and just over 20 miles west of .

Railway station
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is on the Waterloo to Reading line and is the junction station for the diverging Windsor line, in southern to the west of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chertsey and Ashford.

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is a town in . was founded in 666 AD which means it is one of the oldest towns in England.

Town
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is a town in the in , England. The town lies 15 mi west of central London. Its name derives from a crossing point of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne. is situated 2 miles east of Staines-upon-Thames.

Town
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is a town in the Borough of Runnymede in , England, approximately 19 miles west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages.

Staines-upon-Thames

Latitude
51.434° or 51° 26′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.511° or 0° 30′ 40″ west
Population
51,000
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB STS
Open location code
9C3XCFMQ+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21434600
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2637126
Wiki­data ID
Q285323
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Staines-upon-Thames” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ستينز”
  • Asturian: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Basque: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Bulgarian: “Стаинес”
  • Catalan: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Cebuano: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Cebuano: “Staines”
  • Chinese: “史坦斯”
  • Chinese: “斯坦斯”
  • Chinese: “泰晤士河畔斯泰恩斯”
  • Dutch: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Dutch: “Staines”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستينز”
  • French: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • German: “Staines upon Thames”
  • German: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • German: “Staines”
  • Greek: “Στέινς-απόν-Τεμς”
  • Hebrew: “סטיינז”
  • Irish: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Italian: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Italian: “Staines”
  • Japanese: “ステーンズ・アポン・テムズ”
  • Japanese: “ステインズ・アポン・テムズ”
  • Japanese: “ステインズ＝アポン＝テムズ”
  • Ladin: “Staines-upon-Thames (Greater London)”
  • Ladin: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Latvian: “Steinsa pie Temzas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Staines”
  • Persian: “استاینز”
  • Persian: “استینز”
  • Polish: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Polish: “Staines”
  • Portuguese: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Romanian: “Staines”
  • Russian: “Стайнс на Темзе”
  • Russian: “Стайнс-апон-Темза”
  • Russian: “Стейнз-апон-Темз”
  • Russian: “Стейнз”
  • Russian: “Стейнс-апон-Темз”
  • Russian: “Стейнс-апон-Темс”
  • Russian: “Стейнс”
  • Russian: “Стэйнз”
  • Russian: “Стэйнс”
  • Serbian: “Staines”
  • Serbian: “Stejns”
  • Serbian: “Стејнс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Silesian: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Slovenian: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • South Azerbaijani: “استاینز”
  • Spanish: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Spanish: “Staines”
  • Swedish: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Swedish: “Staines”
  • Turkish: “Staines-upon-Thames”
  • Welsh: “Staines-upon-Thames”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pine Trees Business Park and Watermans Business Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include PureGym and Elmsleigh Shopping Centre.

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