Penton Hook

Penton Hook is a locality in Runnymede District, Surrey, England. Penton Hook is situated nearby to the locality Castle End, as well as near the village Laleham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penton Hook Island and Penton Hook Marina.

Penton Hook Island

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laleham and Chertsey.

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.

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.

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.

Penton Hook

Type: Locality
Location: Runnymede District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4096° or 51° 24′ 35″ north

Longitude

-0.50223° or 0° 30′ 8″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

9C3XCF5X+R4

GeoNames ID

12262974

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Localities in the Area

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