Bessborough Reservoir
The Bessborough Reservoir is an embanked storage reservoir south of the River Thames in Surrey adjacent to the Knight Reservoir. To the south lies Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir and to the north the now disused Molesey Reservoirs.Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hampton railway station and Grand Junction Isle.
Hampton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampton railway station, serving Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is on the Shepperton branch line. It is in London fare zone 6, 14 miles 47 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
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.
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.
Bessborough Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4014° or 51° 24′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.3892° or 0° 23′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C3XCJ26+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 147638019OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q4896398
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In Other Languages
“Bessborough Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Bessborough Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Apps Court Farm and Swan’s Rest Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knight Reservoir and Quick’s Archery Centre.
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