Knight Reservoir
The Knight Reservoir is a large pumped storage reservoir located in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey. It was inaugurated in 1907 and stores up to 2,180 million litres of raw water abstracted from the River Thames prior to its treatment and supply to London and north Surrey.Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Junction Isle and Rivermead Island.
Grand Junction Isle
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Junction Isle is a small island in the River Thames on the reach above Molesey Lock at Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England. It is just downstream of Sunbury Court Island, which is three times longer and also close to the north bank.
Rivermead Island
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rivermead Island is a flat grassy island in the River Thames on the reach above Molesey Lock at Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England which is owned mostly by Spelthorne and as to a small part by Elmbridge Borough Council.
Sunbury Court Island
Island
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunbury Court Island is a long, pedestrianised residential island of houses and bungalows in the River Thames in England on the 'Sunbury and Hampton' or 'Molesey' reach, above Molesey Lock in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thames Ditton and Weybridge.
Thames Ditton
Photo: Gavin Wilson, Public domain.
Thames Ditton is a large suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross in central London.
Weybridge
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weybridge is a town in Surrey. It is quite close to London and has good rail and road links to London and to the coast. The only place in the area of tourist interest is the former site of the Brooklands car racing track, which has several museums and attractions.
Walton on Thames
Town
Photo: Howardhudson, CC BY 2.5.
Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in northwest Surrey, England. It is in the Borough of Elmbridge, about 15 mi southwest of central London.
Knight Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Surrey, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Elmbridge District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3996° or 51° 23′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.396° or 0° 23′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3X9JX3+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 147637935OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q7348386
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“Knight Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Knight Reservoir”
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