Penton Hook Island
Penton Hook Island is a mainly wooded former peninsula created into a series of three weir-divided islands in the River Thames in England, so created in river modifications since 1815 with a navigable lock and weir stream channel to form meander cutoffs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penton Hook Lock and Penton Hook Marina.
Penton Hook Lock
Lock
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penton Hook Lock is the sixth lowest lock of forty four on the non-tidal reaches of the River Thames in England. It faces an island which was until its construction a pronounced meander and is on the site of its seasonal cutoff.
Penton Hook Marina
Marina
Photo: Paste, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penton Hook Marina is the largest inland marina in Britain. It is situated on the River Thames in Surrey between Staines and Chertsey on the western bank of the river and is close to Thorpe Park.
Thorpe Park
Theme park
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Thorpe Park is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, 20 miles west-southwest of Central London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laleham and Thorpe.
Laleham
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laleham is a village on the River Thames, in the borough of Spelthorne, about 17 mi west of central London, England. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, it was transferred to Surrey in 1965.
Thorpe
Village
Photo: RAY JONES, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe is a village in northwest Surrey, England, around 20 miles west of central London. It is in the Borough of Runnymede, between Egham, Virginia Water and Chertsey.
Chertsey
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chertsey is a town in Surrey. Chertsey was founded in 666 AD which means it is one of the oldest towns in England.
Penton Hook Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4123° or 51° 24′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.50189° or 0° 30′ 7″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C3XCF6X+W6OpenStreetMap ID
way 148455446OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
10376319Wikidata ID
Q7165264
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Penton Hook Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Penton Hook Island”
- Cebuano: “Penton Hook Island”
- Dutch: “Penton Hook Island”
- French: “Penton Hook Island”
- German: “Penton Hook Island”
- Swedish: “Penton Hook Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Amity Cove and Eastly End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harris Boatyard and Wheatsheaf Park.
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