Sunnymeads railway station

Sunnymeads railway station serves the once separate village of Sunnymeads in Berkshire, England, now subsumed by the neighbouring village of Wraysbury.

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Berkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “gare de Sunnymeads”, “SNY”, “Sunnymeads Railway Station”, and “Sunnymeads Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ham Island and Old Windsor Lock.

Ham Island

Island

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

Ham Island is an inhabited man-made island of roughly 50 hectares in the River Thames in Old Windsor in England. It was a mature meander of the Thames until a channel was dug, the New Cut, to build Old Windsor Lock which reduced the navigable distance by two thirds.

Old Windsor Lock

Lock

Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island. Old Windsor Lock is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Sunnymeads railway station.

Friday Island

Islet

Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Friday Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Old Windsor, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, just short of Old Windsor Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnymeads and Horton.

Sunnymeads

Village

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.