Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge and New Runnymede Bridge are two adjacent motorway and A-road bridges crossing the River Thames in Surrey, South East England. The older Runnymede Bridge was originally designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1939 as part of a scheme to construct a bypass for Staines-upon-Thames, but the project was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War.Photo: Iridescent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “M25 Runnymede Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bell Weir Lock and Holm Island.
Bell Weir Lock
Lock
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bell Weir Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England by the right bank, Runnymede which is a water meadow associated with Egham of importance for the constitutional Magna Carta. Bell Weir Lock is situated 760 feet northwest of Runnymede Bridge.
Holm Island
Grassland
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holm Island is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, near Staines. It is on the Buckinghamshire bank, just upstream of Hollyhock Island.
Hollyhock Island
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hollyhock Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England located between Bell Weir Lock and Penton Hook Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hythe End and Egham.
Hythe End
Village
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.
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.
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.
Runnymede Bridge
- Categories: highway bridge and transportation
- Location: Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43748° or 51° 26′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.53483° or 0° 32′ 5″ westInception
1961Open location code
9C3XCFP8+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 777498456OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q6713714
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