Wraysbury Reservoir
Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of Heathrow Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JohnArmagh, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heathrow Terminal 5 station and Runnymede.
Heathrow Terminal 5 station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heathrow Terminal 5 is a shared railway and London Underground station serving Heathrow Terminal 5. It serves as a terminus for Heathrow Express services from Paddington, and for Elizabeth line and Piccadilly line services from central London.
Runnymede
Park
Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, bordering Berkshire and just over 20 miles west of central London.
Wraysbury railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wraysbury railway station serves the village of Wraysbury in Berkshire, England, as well as the larger villages of Stanwell Moor and Poyle. It is 21 miles 40 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor and Eton and Staines-upon-Thames.
Windsor and Eton
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the South East of England, separated by the River Thames and joined by Windsor Bridge. Windsor is an ancient town most famous for its castle, construction of which began in 1075, and which is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
Staines-upon-Thames
Town
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Staines-upon-Thames, commonly known simply as Staines, is a market town in northwest Surrey, England, around 17 miles west of central London. It is in the Borough of Spelthorne, at the confluence of the River Thames and Colne.
Egham
Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Egham is a town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 19 miles west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages.
Wraysbury Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4611° or 51° 27′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.5264° or 0° 31′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C3XFF6F+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 147855503OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q7348382
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Wraysbury Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Wraysbury Reservoir”
- Japanese: “レイズバリー貯水池”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stanwell Moor and Horton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yeoveney Chapel and Hithermoor Quarry.
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