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1 | Walton-on-Thames ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 51.3853 / -0.4207 | Walton-on-Thames is a large affluent market town located on the River Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. The town itself consists mostly of affluent suburban streets, with a historic town centre of Celtic origin (...) | |
2 | ![]() | Rueil-Malmaison ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 48.8778 / 2.1813 | Rueil-Malmaison is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris. (...) |
3 | ![]() | Oxford ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 51.7519 / -1.2578 | Oxford Dictionary.com, "oxford" in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location: Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxford. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Accessed: 4 July 2012. is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire (...) |
4 | River Thames ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 109 Lat/Lng : 51.6943 / -2.0297 | The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn (...) | |
5 | ![]() | Aylesbury ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 93 Lat/Lng : 51.8168 / -0.8124 | Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is an ancient market town with several historic pubs, is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and, since 2010, the 1,200 seat Waterside Theatre. The predecessor to the paralympic games started in the town. (...) |
6 | Staines-upon-Thames ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 51.4335 / -0.5158 | Staines-upon-Thames is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England. Historically part of Middlesex, it was known to the Romans as Pontes or Ad Pontes, then as Stanes and subsequently Staines. The town is within the western bounds of the M25 motorway, 17 miles (27 km) south-west of Charing Cross (...) | |
7 | Sunbury-on-Thames ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 51.423 / -0.424 | Sunbury-on-Thames is a town and London suburb located in Surrey, England. It extends from the left bank of the River Thames and the south-west of the Greater London boundary and is approximately from Charing Cross, London (...) | |
8 | ![]() | Peterborough ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 52.5725 / -0.2425 | Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 183,631 in 2011. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea to the north-east (...) |
9 | ![]() | High Wycombe ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 51.6287 / -0.7482 | High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe , is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west north west of Charing Cross in London; this information is also engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town (...) |
10 | Thames Ditton ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 51.3896 / -0.3393 | Thames Ditton is a suburban village by and on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. It has a large inhabited island in the river but is otherwise on the southern bank, its centre located 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross in central London (...) | |
11 | ![]() | Epsom ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 51.3361 / -0.2674 | Epsom is a market town in Surrey, England, south-west of London, between Ashtead and Ewell. The town straddles chalk downland (Epsom Downs) and the upper Thanet Formation. Epsom Downs Racecourse holds The Derby, now a generic name for sports competitions in English-speaking countries (...) |
12 | Walton Casuals F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.3994 / -0.4123 | Walton Casuals Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Founded in 1948, they currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, and has been a part of the football pyramid since 1992 (...) | |
13 | Borough of Elmbridge ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.37 / -0.3618 | Elmbridge is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its principal towns are Esher, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Molesey. (...) | |
14 | Surrey ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 51.2364 / -0.5703 | Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties. It borders Kent to the east, both East & West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the northwest and Greater London to the northeast (...) | |
15 | Molesey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 51.395 / -0.353 | Molesey is a suburban district comprising two large villages, East Molesey and West Molesey, in Surrey, England, just outside the edge of Greater London and situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retail restaurant-lined street (...) | |
16 | ![]() | Richmond Bridge, London ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 51.4575 / -0.3069 | Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge that crosses the River Thames at Richmond, connecting the two halves of the present-day London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse (...) |
17 | Shepperton ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 51.3955 / -0.4489 | Shepperton is a suburban village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in England, southwest of Charing Cross, London, bounded by the Thames to the south and much of the east and which is in the northwest bisected by the M3 motorway (...) | |
18 | South East England ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.3167 / -0.5 | South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex (...) | |
19 | River Lea ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.7008 / -0.0134 | The River Lea originates in the Chiltern Hills, England, and flows southeast through east London where it meets the River Thames, the last looping section being known as Bow Creek. It is one of the largest rivers in London and the easternmost major tributary of the Thames (...) | |
20 | Canvey Island ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 51.5333 / 0.5833 | Canvey Island is a civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary in Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office for National Statistics. (2013). . It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks (...) | |
21 | Greater London Built-up Area ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.5073 / -0.1277 | The Greater London Built-up Area, or Greater London Urban Area, is a conurbation in south-east England that constitutes the continuous urban area of London and includes surrounding adjacent urban towns as defined by the Office for National Statistics (...) | |
22 | Twickenham ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 51.4486 / -0.3369 | Twickenham is an affluent suburban area of south-west London, England. It lies on the River Thames and is west-southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965 (...) | |
23 | Essex ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 51.75 / 0.5833 | Essex is a county in south-east England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west (...) | |
24 | River Wandle ![]() FeatureType : river Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 51.4594 / -0.1936 | The River Wandle is the largest river of the south southwest sector of London, England. Its name is thought to derive from the community around its mouth, Wandsworth (Old English "Wendlesworth" meaning "Wendle's Settlement") (...) | |
25 | Feltham ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 51.4496 / -0.4089 | Feltham is a large town in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London, England, west of Twickenham, south-west of Hounslow and north of Walton-on-Thames. (...) | |
26 | Staines Town F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.4197 / -0.5021 | Staines Town Football Club is an English football club based in Staines-upon-Thames. They contest in the . The team's nickname is 'The Swans'. Staines Town's rivals include Ashford Town, Egham Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough (...) | |
27 | Ashford, Surrey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 51.434 / -0.464 | Ashford is a town and suburb of London almost entirely in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne, but with a small part in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. Mostly residential, Ashford is WSW of Charing Cross, London, forms part of the London commuter belt, with a minor stop on the Waterloo to (...) | |
28 | Banstead ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 160 Lat/Lng : 51.3223 / -0.2068 | Banstead is a residential town/village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England, on the border with London, south of Sutton, west of Croydon and southeast of Kingston-upon-Thames and south of Central London. The county town, Guildford is west southwest (...) | |
29 | Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 51.4155 / -0.3633 | Hampton & Richmond Borough Football Club is an English football club based in the suburb of Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. They were founded in 1921 and formerly known as Hampton FC until 1999 when they changed their name in an attempt to draw a wider support base from (...) | |
30 | Corinthian-Casuals F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.3721 / -0.2872 | Corinthian-Casuals Football Club is a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at King George's Field. (...) | |
31 | East of England ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.24 / 0.41 | The East of England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (...) | |
32 | St John's College, Cambridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 52.2083 / 0.1169 | St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge) (...) | |
33 | Thames Conservancy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 51.3862 / -0.4321 | The Thames Conservancy (formally the Conservators of the River Thames) was a historical body responsible for the management of the River Thames in England. It was founded in 1857, initially replacing the jurisdiction of the City of London up to Staines and later taking responsibility for the whole (...) | |
34 | Claygate ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 51.3607 / -0.3421 | Claygate is a suburban village in Surrey, England, 13 miles south-west of central London. It is the only civil parish in the borough of Elmbridge. Claygate was once in the main manor of Thames Ditton, but is now administered from Esher (...) | |
35 | West Tilbury ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.4756 / 0.3903 | West Tilbury is a village on the top of and on the sides of a tall river terrace overlooking the river Thames. Part of the modern town of Tilbury (including part of Tilbury Fort) is within the traditional parish of West Tilbury. (...) | |
36 | North Downs ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 51.2667 / -0.5 | The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. Westerham Heights, at the northern edge of the North Downs, near Bromley, South London, is the highest point in London at an elevation of (...) | |
37 | Swing bridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 53.5341 / 8.5847 | A swing bridge is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right (...) | |
38 | Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 51.428 / -0.345 | Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Sir Vince Cable, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. In the period 2015 to 2017 the seat was represented by a Conservative, as between 1918 and 1997 (...) | |
39 | Elstree ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 129 Lat/Lng : 51.6403 / -0.2969 | Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110 (...) | |
40 | Whiteley Village ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 51.3504 / -0.4275 | Whiteley Village, in Hersham, Surrey, England, is a retirement village, much designed architecturally by Arts and Crafts movement-influenced architect Reginald Blomfield. It is owned by the Whiteley Homes charitable trust and is on land which was once part of Walton Firs and Walton Heath, before the (...) | |
41 | R101 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 49.3986 / 2.1017 | R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was designed and built by an Air Ministry-appointed team and was effectively in competition (...) | |
42 | Wimbledon Stadium ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 51.4314 / -0.1867 | Wimbledon Stadium, also known as Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, was a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosted stock car and other small circuit motor racing events and until 2005 hosted motorcycle speedway.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001) (...) | |
43 | Methodist College Belfast ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 54.5834 / -5.9402 | Methodist College Belfast (MCB), locally known as Methody, is a Northern Irish coeducational voluntary grammar school in Belfast, located at the foot of the Malone Road. It was founded in 1865 by the Methodist Church in Ireland and is one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the (...) | |
44 | M25 Runnymede Bridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 51.4375 / -0.5347 | The M25 Runnymede Bridge is a motorway, A-road and pedestrian and cycle bridge built in the 1960s, 1980s and expanded in the 2000s carrying the M25 and A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the Staines upon Thames and Egham reach of river (...) | |
45 | Laocoön and His Sons ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 41.9042 / 12.4547 | The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group , has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures ever since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican,Beard, 209 where it remains (...) | |
46 | London Air Park ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 51.4383 / -0.3958 | London Air Park, also known as Hanworth Air Park, was a grass airfield in the grounds of Hanworth Park House, operational 1917–1919 and 1929–1947. It was on the southeastern edge of Feltham, now part of the London Borough of Hounslow (...) | |
47 | AFC Wimbledon ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 51.4051 / -0.2819 | AFC Wimbledon is a professional football club currently based in Kingston upon Thames, south west London, England, which has played in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, since promotion in 2016 (...) | |
48 | Esher Urban District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 51.3691 / -0.365 | Esher Urban District was an urban district in Surrey, England created by merging two urban districts and adding two parishes to the south-west. It ran from 1933 to 1974 and was governed by an elected Council which therefore continued to split up local government functions with Surrey County Council (...) | |
49 | Berners Street ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 51.5173 / -0.1369 | Berners Street is located in the City of Westminster in the West End of London. (...) | |
50 | Oatlands Palace ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 51.3751 / -0.4424 | Oatlands Palace is a former Tudor and Stuart royal palace which took the place of the former manor of the village of Oatlands near Weybridge, Surrey. Little remains of the original building, so excavations of the palace took place in 1964 to rediscover its extent. (...) | |
51 | Fleet railway station ![]() FeatureType : railwaystation Elevation : 70 Lat/Lng : 51.291 / -0.831 | Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South Western Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains between London Waterloo and Basingstoke and Southampton (...) | |
52 | Puppet Theatre Barge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 51.5395 / -0.1032 | The Puppet Theatre Barge is a unique, fifty-seat marionette theatre on a converted barge in London. The theatre presents puppet shows for children and adults and is moored in Little Venice throughout the year and in Richmond-upon-Thames during the summer (...) | |
53 | Hundred of Elmbridge ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 51.37 / -0.4 | The Hundred of Elmbridge or Elmbridge/Emley Hundred was a geographic subdivision (called a "hundred") in the north of the county of Surrey, England. The majority of its area forms the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, with the remainder forming part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in (...) | |
54 | The Ram Folk Club ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.3823 / -0.3414 | The Ram Folk Club is a folk club in the borough of Elmbridge in suburban north Surrey, one of only a few folk clubs in the Home Counties close to London. Established in October 1983, it runs on Friday evenings and features music by folk and acoustic artists and bands (...) | |
55 | Wathen Hall ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 51.4887 / -0.2372 | The Wathen Hall at St Paul's School (London) is a small concert hall in the Londo Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Designed by BHM Architects and opened in 1999, it forms part of the St Paul's School Music department and is used for school concerts as well as external events (...) | |