Penton Park

Penton Park is a residential area in Runnymede District, Surrey, England. Penton Park is situated nearby to the shipyard Harris Boatyard, as well as near Penton Hook Marina.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Penton Hook Island and Thorpe Park.

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.

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. Thorpe Park is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Penton Park.

Colossus

Roller coaster

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Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction. It was built by Liechtenstein-based manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil. Colossus is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Penton Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laleham and Chertsey.

Laleham

Village

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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.