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Staines Walk

Staines, Middx.Sun 17 Jun 2018


 

 Little industry remains in Staines which used to have three large factories as well as many minor works

 A sign close to the Station welcomes people to the river, sun and swans

 A few yards on is a former brewery site, used for adult education for some years but empty and derelict for the last 10

 New and expensive housing replaces offices, businesses and shops

 Garages at the back of a housing estate, once I think sports ground for the Staines Linoleum site
 The Staines aqueduct carries water from the Thames to reservoirs in Staines and elsewhere

 The River Colne which enters the Thames in the centre of Staines

 

 The River Ash leaves the Colne here and flows into the Thames at Sunbury

 Under the Staines bypass is Staines Moor. There is a path beside the river on the opposite bank but the path
to it down from the bypass was overgrown and rather dangerous.

 Further west another path crosses the aqueduct leading back towards Staines.

 Looking along the aqueduct in the opposite direction from the bridge

 Just off the Two Rivers on the path beside the Wraysbury River we came across these and some balloons used
to inhale the gas.

 Wraysbury Rd

 Wraysbury Rd, Church St and Bridge St. At right on the corner is the former pub on the Ashby Brewery site.

 The brewery became part of Courage, and this tower was converted to flats

 Church St

 

 

 The Bells and Staines Parish Church - St Mary's

 A private bridge leads to Church Island. Daybreak is moored beyond it, back from voyages around the country

 Across the river past the downstream end of Church Island

 Riverside Offices to let.

 Staines Bridge. The land at right is also in Staines, as the boundary follows a former course of the river

 The Swan Hotel

 

 

 Riverside sculpture

 

 The London Stone, part replica. It used to mark the boundary of the City of London's authority over the Thames

 The Swan Upper is one of the better bits of sculpture in Staines, and was moved here from a backstreet

  Substantial houses on the riverbank facing Staines from the 1920s and 30s are in Runnymede borough.
Many who lived in London had weekend 'cottages' lining the river downstream from here, some little more than
sheds. In the last 40 years most of these have been replaced by rather larger buildings on this kind of scale.

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