River Colne, Hertfordshire
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The Colne is a river and a tributary of the River Thames in England. Just over half its course is in south Hertfordshire. Downstream, it forms the boundary between Buckinghamshire and the London Borou
River Colne as it joins the Thames at Staines-upon-Thames
Staines-upon-Thames
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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 t
River Colne, Hertfordshire
…between Buckinghamshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon. The confluence with the River Thames is on the Staines reach (above Penton Hook Lock) at Staines-upon-Thames. Two of its distributaries, constructed in the 1600 – 1750 period largely for aesthetic reasons for Hampton Court and for Syon Park, have been maintained…
Staines-upon-Thames (left) and Egham Hythe (right) viewed from the north west
Town Hall, Market Square
A copper-alloy sestertius dating to the reign of Antoninus Pius (138–161), found in Staines in 2004
Spelthorne Borough Council offices, Knowle Green, were opened in 1972.