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Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne

Spelthorne

Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
and part of the London Commuter Belt

London commuter belt

The London commuter belt is the metropolitan area surrounding Greater London, England from which it is possible to commuting to work in the capital....
of South East England

South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex....
, but remains within the postal county of Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
. It is a suburban development within the western bounds of the M25 motorway

M25 motorway

To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road.The M25 motorway, also known as the M25 corridor, is a 117 mile beltway which encircles Greater London, United Kingdom....
and located 17 miles west south-west of Charing Cross

Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
in London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
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name Staines is thought to derive from Old English

Old English language

Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
for 'stones', due to a long-lost site of monoliths in nearby Stanwell

Stanwell

Stanwell is a suburban village in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne. It is located 15.7 miles west south-west of Charing Cross and half a mile from the southern boundary of London Heathrow Airport and the London Borough of Hillingdon....
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Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne

Spelthorne

Surrey

London commuter belt

The London commuter belt is the metropolitan area surrounding Greater London, England from which it is possible to commuting to work in the capital....
of South East England

South East England

Middlesex

M25 motorway

Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
in London

London

History

Early history

The name Staines is thought to derive from Old English

Old English language

Stanwell

Crossings of the River Thames

This is a list of crossings of the River Thames including bridges, tunnels and ferries. In all, there are 214 bridges, over twenty tunnels, and six public ferries but just one Ford_....
of the River Thames

River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
at Staines since Roman times. Claudius

Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
led the Romans into Britain in 43 A.D and they settled in Staines the same year. Soon after this invasion the first Staines Bridge

Staines Bridge

Staines Bridge is a road bridge running in a south-west to north-east direction across the River Thames in Surrey. It is on the modern A308 road and links the boroughs of Spelthorne and Runnymede at Staines and Egham Hythe....
was constructed to provide an important Thames crossing point on main road from Londinium (London) to Calleva Atrebatum, near the present-day village of Silchester

Silchester

Silchester is a village and civil parish in the England county of Hampshire. It is best known for the adjacent archaeological site and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, which was first occupied by the Romans in about AD 45 and includes what is thought to be the best-preserved Roman Empire wall in Great Britain....
. The Roman name for Staines was "ad Pontes" (plural "at the bridges") implying that there was more than one bridge and it is believed that these bridges traversed Church Island

Church Island, River Thames

Church Island is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, near Staines Bridge in Staines, Spelthorne, Surrey....
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Staines appears on the Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
domesday map in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
of 1086 as Stanes. It was held by Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic architecture Church , in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster....
. Its domesday assets were: 19 hide

Hide (unit)

The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to "geld", or land tax, in History of Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries....
s. It had 6 mill

Mill (grinding)

A grinding mill is a unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces. There are many different types of grinding mills and many types of materials processed in them....
s worth £3 4s 0d, 2 weir

Weir

A weir is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create Water mills in such places....
s worth 6s 8d, 24 plough

Plough

The plough is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture....
s, meadow

Meadow

A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . It may be cut for hay or grazing by livestock such as cattle, sheep or goats....
for 24 plough

Plough

River Thames

City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
jurisdiction over the Thames. (Although familiarly known as the 'London Stone

London Stone (riparian)

London Stone is the name given to a number of Boundary marker which stand beside rivers in south east England....
', it is not to be confused with the more famous (and probably more ancient) London Stone

London Stone

The London Stone is a Rock that is said to be the place from which the Roman Empires measured all distances in Britannia. It is set within a stone surround and iron grill on Cannon Street, in the City of London....
in Cannon Street in the City of London).

The situation of Staines as a major crossing point over the River Thames, its position on the main road from London to the southwest, and its proximity to Windsor

Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is best known as the site of Windsor Castle....
has led to the town being involved in national affairs. The barons assembled there before they met King John at Runnymede

Runnymede

Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the England county of Surrey, and just over west of central London. It is notable for its association with the sealing of the Magna Carta, and as a consequence is the site of a collection of memorials....
in 1215, and Stephen Langton

Stephen Langton

Stephen Cardinal Langton was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228 and was a central figure in the dispute between John of England and Pope Innocent III, which ultimately led to the issuing of Magna Carta in 1215....
held a consecration there shortly after the issue of Magna Carta

Magna Carta

Magna Carta , also called Magna Carta Libertatum , is an Kingdom of England legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215. It was written in Latin....
. Sir Thomas More was tried in 1535 in a Staines public house, to avoid the outbreak of plague in London at that time. Kings and other important people must have passed through the town on many occasions: the church bells were rung several times in 1670, for instance, when the king and queen went through Staines.

During the period 1642–48 there were skirmishes on Staines Moor and numerous troop movements over Staines Bridge during the Civil War

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
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Modern history

Staines was the major producer of linoleum

Linoleum

Linoleum is a floor covering made from solidified linseed oil in combination with wood flour or cork dust over a burlap or canvas backing. Pigments may be added to the materials used....
, a type of floor covering, after the formation of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company in 1864 by its inventor, Frederick Walton. Linoleum became the main industry of the town and was a major employer in the area up until the 1960s. In 1876 about 220 and in 1911 about 350 people worked in the plant. By 1957 it employed some 300 people and in 1956 the factory produced about 2.675 m². of linoleum each week. The term 'Staines Lino' became a world-wide name but the factory was closed around 1970 and is now the site of the Two Rivers shopping centre. A bronze statue of two lino workers in Staines High Street commemorates the Staines Lino Factory. The Spelthorne Museum in Staines has a display dedicated to the Linoleum Manufacturing Company.

Staines was the site of the Staines air disaster in 1972, at the time the worst air crash to have occurred on British

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
soil, until the Lockerbie disaster of 1988. The crash was commemorated in June 2004, with the opening of a dedicated garden, created at the request of relatives, near to the crash site, and the unveiling of a stained glass window at St. Marys Church, where a memorial service was held.

Staines Urban District

In 1894, the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an act of parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London....
created the Staines Urban District

Staines Urban District

Staines was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 around the town of Staines. Apart from Staines itself, it also covered Ashford, Surrey, Laleham and Stanwell....
of Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963

London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital....
, most of the rest of Middlesex became part of Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
while Staines Urban District was transferred to Surrey

Surrey

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, the Staines Urban District was abolished and its area combined with that of the former Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District

Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District

Sunbury on Thames - also known as Sunbury - was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 around the town of Sunbury-on-Thames, also covering Littleton, Spelthorne and Shepperton....
to form the present-day borough of Spelthorne

Spelthorne

Spelthorne is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Surrey, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury-on-Thames....
.

Economy

The proximity to London and Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the largest and Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic airport in the United Kingdom....
have attracted a number of companies: BUPA

Bupa

Bupa is a large UK-based healthcare organisation, with bases on three continents and more than ten million customers in over 200 countries....
(medical insurance), LogicaCMG

LogicaCMG

Logica is a UK-based global information technology and Management consulting company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Euronext and is a member of the FTSE 250 Index....
(telecommunications and IT

Information technology

Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to data conv...
consultants) have major offices, NDS

NDS Group

NDS Group is a Digital Rights Management and conditional access firm. Its major shareholders are Permira, who hold 51%, and News Corporation who hold approximately 49%....
(conditional access

Conditional access

Conditional Access is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television....
DRM

Digital rights management

Digital rights management refers to access control technologies used by publishers, copyright holders, and hardware manufacturers to limit usage of digital media or devices....
provider), Siemens

Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
Building Automation Division and British Gas (part of Centrica) have their national headquarters here. Samsung Electronics Research Institute (SERI), Samsung's U.K R&D Division, is based in Staines.

Culture

Staines is the home of the fictional character Ali G

Ali G

Ali G is a satire fictional character invented and played by England comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show, Ali G was the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired on HBO in 2003-2004, and was the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse....
and rock band Hard-Fi

HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
who have been influenced lyrically by the surroundings and everyday lifestyle in Staines.

Exterior shots of the ITV sitcom Is It Legal?
Is It Legal?

Is It Legal? is a United Kingdom television sitcom set in a solicitors office in Hounslow, West London, that ran from 1995 to 1998. It was produced by Hartswood Films and was shown on ITV for Series 1-2 and Channel 4 for Series 3....
were filmed in Staines.

The old opening sequence for ITV's GMTV morning program was filmed at the old market square outside the former Town Hall.

An episode from series 4 of the sitcom Men Behaving Badly
Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of beer-guzzling flatmates Gary and Tony, and was first broadcast on ITV in 1992....
in which Garry goes to an optician was filmed at an opticians next to Debenhams on the High Street, with a streetscene which shows Garry standing next to the post box outside Debenhams.

The administrative offices of Spelthorne Borough Council

Spelthorne

Spelthorne is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Surrey, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury-on-Thames....
are located at Knowle Green. The town has recently unveiled a revitalised Thames-side with landscaping and sculptures. The Town Hall (now a bar) is a pleasant Victorian blend of Italian and Flemish influences set in a small square. Some well preserved Georgian town houses line Clarence Street (named after the Duke of Clarence). Church Street and The Lammas house some lovely Georgian and Victorian properties clustered around the parish church of St Mary. Most housing in the town is middle class in nature with plenty of green spaces (Staines Moor

Staines Moor

Staines Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England. It lies between Staines to the south and Stanwellmoor to the north.The Staines Moor SSSI includes King George VI Reservoir which is to the east....
, Shortwood Common, Knowle Green, Leacroft, The Lammas and Laleham Abbey to the immediate south). Staines Bridge spans the Thames with a graceful three arch structure completed in 1832. Until the 14th century Staines was the tidal limit, now downstream at Teddington

Teddington

Teddington is in London, England on the north bank of the River Thames, between Hampton Wick and Twickenham. It stretches inland from the River Thames to Bushy Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames....
.

Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park is a amusement park located in Surrey, United Kingdom. It was built in 1979 on the site of a gravel pit which was partially flooded with the intention of creating a water based theme for the park....
, an amusement park

Amusement park

Amusement park is the generic term for a collection of Amusement ride and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people....
with several distinctly themed areas, is near to the town.

Shopping

Staines has a fairly compact town centre mainly focused on a wide pedestrianised High Street, housing most familiar names such as Waterstones, Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is a major United Kingdom retailer, with over 840 stores in Marks & Spencer#International stores around the world, over 600 domestic and 285 international....
, Debenhams

Debenhams

Debenhams plc is a major United Kingdomretailing operating under a department store format in the United Kingdom and Franchising stores in other countries....
, T.K. Maxx

T.K. Maxx

T.K. Maxx is a chain of cut-price department stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Germany. The company is part of the TJX Companies which also owns other department store companies such as T.J....
,JD Sports

JD Sports

JD Sports, part of the JD Sports Fashion Plc and now more commonly known as just JD, is a sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, England with shops throughout the UK and the Republic Of Ireland....
,Sony

Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
, McDonald's

McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants, serving nearly 58 million customers daily. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, and desserts....
, Argos

Argos

Argos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplion, which was its historic harbour, named for Nauplius ....
, PCworld,Tesco

Tesco

Tesco Public limited company is a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. It is the largest British retailer by both global sales and domestic market share with profits exceeding ?2 billion....
, Waitrose

Waitrose

Waitrose is the supermarket division of the British retailer the John Lewis Partnership. As of February 2009, there are 198 branches across the United Kingdom....
Monsoon

Monsoon Stores Ltd

Monsoon Stores are a design-led retailer operating two highly successful chains - Monsoon and Accessorize....
and HMV

HMV

His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph....
where Hard-Fi

HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
organised a C.D signing on 10 March, 2008. Smaller independent units can be found in Church Street including Iris Bloomfield Florists and Refresh Juice Cafe, Clarence Street and the eastern end of the High Street. A market in the pedestrianised High Street is held every Wednesday and Saturday. It is one of the largest and busiest street markets in Surrey. A moderately-sized shopping centre (Elmsleigh) is directly behind the High Street. A retail park was opened in 2002 called Two Rivers which is bisected by the confluence of the rivers Wraysbury

Wraysbury

Wraysbury is a village in Berkshire, England. It is located in the very east of the county, in the part that was in Buckinghamshire until 1974....
and Colne

Colne

Colne is the second largest town and civil parish in the Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 20,000. It lies 6 miles north-east of Burnley, 25 miles east of Preston, 25 miles north of Manchester and 30 miles west of Leeds....
. Retailers include Waitrose

Waitrose

Waitrose is the supermarket division of the British retailer the John Lewis Partnership. As of February 2009, there are 198 branches across the United Kingdom....
as well as a Vue

VUE

In computing, Visual User Environment was Hewlett-Packard's Desktop environment for the X Window System. It was a rival and precursor to the Open Group's Common Desktop Environment....
cinema, gym and cafes.

Outside the High street there are also many other parades of shops like Stainash and Edinburgh drive.

Best Buy

Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. is a Fortune 500 company and the largest specialty Retailing of consumer electronics in the United States accounting for 21% of the market....
the largest electrical chain in the U.S, and the Carphone Warehouse there UK partner announced that one of the first UK Best Buy

Best Buy UK

Best Buy UK was formed with the recent 50% acquisition of United Kingdom-based mobile phone operation Carphone Warehouse's retail division, Best Buy announced that it would open branded superstores in the UK and other European countries....
stores will be opened in Staines in early 2009.

Education

Staines has two secondary schools and two independent schools:

The Magna Carta School
The Magna Carta School

The Magna Carta School is a secondary school for students from the age of 11 to 16 located in Staines, Surrey , with intake from the Egham and Staines area....
, with over 1.200 students and 60 prefects.
Matthew Arnold School
Matthew Arnold School (Staines)

The Matthew Arnold School is a United Kingdom co-educational secondary school in Staines, a suburb of London, taking pupils from the age of 11 to 16 ....
, a specialist Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields....
. Named the most improved school in the country 2004-2007 in January 2008 by the DCFS.
Staines Preparatory School
Staines Preparatory School

Staines Preparatory School is a co-educational independent day school in the Knowle Green area of Staines, England. Its pupils are boys and girls aged 2.5 - 11....
, an independent 3-11 ages school
Our Lady Of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary

Our Lady of the Rosary is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the method of prayer known as the rosary, whose origin has been attributed to a Marian apparitions to Saint Dominic in 1208 in the church of Prouille....

Sport

Staines has two football clubs; Staines Town F.C.

Staines Town F.C.

Staines Town FC are an England association football club based in Staines, Middlesex, England. They are currently competing in the Isthmian League Premier Division and are usually known as 'The Swans' or 'The Wheatsheafers'....
and Staines Lammas F.C.

Staines Lammas F.C.

Staines Lammas Football Club is a association football club based in the town of Staines, Middlesex, England. For the 2007–08 season, the club played and became champions of the Combined Counties Football League Division One, which they had joined in 2003, after that league amalgamated with the Surrey Senior League....
. Staines Town play at the newly rebuilt Wheatsheaf Park ground and are currently in the Ryman Premier League

Isthmian League

The Isthmian League is a regional Football league covering London and South East England. It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the Ryman League, and has in previous years been variously known as the Rothmans Isthmian League, Berger Isthmian League, Servowarm Isthmian League, Vauxh...
. Staines Town enjoy a strong rivalry with Hampton & Richmond Borough

Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.

Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. are a football club based in the suburb of Hampton, London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England....
. Staines Lammas were champions of the Combined Counties League Division One in the 2007-08 season and additionally run various age group teams. Staines is also home to a number of successful junior football clubs: Staines Town, Staines Lammas and Staines Albion.

There are also many local gyms in the area including The Matthew Arnold Sports Centre along Kingston Road. There are also local sports clubs including tennis, rowing and various football and rugby teams

Transport

The nearest station is Staines railway station

Staines railway station

Staines railway station is a railway station in Staines, Surrey. Destinations served include Reading railway station, Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station and Weybridge railway station westbound, and London Waterloo station eastbound....
serving London Waterloo

Waterloo station

London Waterloo is a major railway terminus in London, England owned and operated by Network Rail. It is in the London Borough of Lambeth near the South Bank, in Travelcard Zone 1, and houses a British Transport Police station....
, Weybridge

Weybridge railway station

Weybridge railway station serves Weybridge in the Elmbridge district of Surrey, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line operated by South West Trains, 19 miles from Waterloo station....
, Windsor and Eton Riverside and Reading

Reading railway station

Reading railway station is a major rail transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is situated on the northern edge of the town centre, some 5 minutes' walk from the main retail and commercial areas, and close to the River Thames....
. Taxis are available from the station. The bus station is a five-minute walk from the railway station. Staines is also a short ride south of Heathrow Airport.

There are proposals to build a new line, called Heathrow Airtrack

Heathrow Airtrack

Heathrow Airtrack is a proposed new UK Rail transport from Heathrow Airport's Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Staines High Street railway station built on the disused southern portion of the former Staines & West Drayton Railway with direct services to Reading, Berkshire, Guildford, and London Waterloo....
, from Staines to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 station

Heathrow Terminal 5 station

Heathrow Terminal 5 station is a shared Airport rail link at London Heathrow Airport London Heathrow Terminal 5 which was opened on 27 March 2008....
. As part of these proposals a new station, to be called Staines High Street railway station

Staines High Street railway station

Staines High Street railway station was on the Staines to Windsor & Eton Line of the London and South Western Railway. It was opened on 1 July 1884 and closed on 1 February 1916 and was built for trains using the West Curve....
was due to be built between the existing Staines station, and Wraysbury railway station

Wraysbury railway station

Wraysbury railway station is a railway station serving the village of Wraysbury in Berkshire, England.The station is located on the Staines to Windsor & Eton Line between Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station and Waterloo railway station....
although planners have now decided that this will not go ahead and the existing station at Staines would have an additional platform built instead.

Nearest places

Staines neighbouring towns and villages are Egham

Egham

Egham is a small town in the Runnymede of Surrey, in the South East England of England. It is part of the London commuter belt, and about southwest of central London on the River Thames and near junction 13 of the M25 motorway....
, Wraysbury

Wraysbury

Wraysbury is a village in Berkshire, England. It is located in the very east of the county, in the part that was in Buckinghamshire until 1974....
, Ashford

Ashford, Surrey

Ashford is a town almost entirely in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne in England, with a small part falling within Greater London. It is a suburban development situated 15 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in London and forms part of the London commuter belt....
, Stanwell

Stanwell

Laleham

Laleham is a village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in South East England and is close to Staines. It within the historic boundaries of Middlesex....
and Chertsey. About 6 k.m north east of Staines is the large Heathrow airport.

The area between Egham and Staines town centres is known as Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe is a place between Egham and Staines in Surrey, England, extending south of the River Thames towards Thorpe Lea , and includes the area surrounding Pooley Green....
.

Famous residents

The Lucan Family (at Laleham
Laleham

Laleham is a village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in South East England and is close to Staines. It within the historic boundaries of Middlesex....
Abbey until the 1930s)
Norman Hunter (author)
Norman Hunter (author)

Norman George Lorimer Hunter was a United Kingdom children's author, best known for his character Professor Branestawm.His career started as an advertising copywriter....
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold was an England poet, and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold , literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator....
Denny Laine
Denny Laine

Denny Laine is an England songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his roles as former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder of Wings ....
Christine Keeler
Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler is an England former model and showgirl. Her involvement with a British government minister discredited the Conservative Party government of Harold Macmillan in 1963, in what is known as the Profumo Affair....
Terence Dackombe (Writer - Spitting Image; Actor - The Krays)
Bobby Davro
Bobby Davro

Bobby Davro is a United Kingdom actor and comedian. He is mainly known for his work as an Impressionist . He made his TV debut in 1981, but it wasn't until 1983 that he made his television breakthrough at Live from Her Majesty's....
Bill Nankeville
Bill Nankeville

Bill Nankeville was a British national champion mile runner and won the English Amateur Athletics Association mile title four times in five years between 1948 and 1952, his best recorded time was 4:08.8 set in 1949....
Richard Murdoch
Richard Murdoch

Richard Bernard Murdoch was a United Kingdom comedian radio, film and television performer.Richard Bernard Murdoch attended Charterhouse School....
(Murdoch Close off Cherry Orchard was named after him)
"Ali G
Ali G

Ali G is a satire fictional character invented and played by England comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show, Ali G was the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired on HBO in 2003-2004, and was the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse....
" (Fictional character played by Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is a UK comedian, writer and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G , Borat Sagdiyev , and Bruno ....
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Hard-Fi
HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
Richard Archer
Richard Archer

Richard John Archer is the frontman of UK indie-rock band Hard-Fi. As well as being the lead singer, he is also the principal songwriter and composer....
Jon Tickle
Jon Tickle

Jonathan Tickle is a television presenter in the UK, who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the Big Brother UK series 4 of the British Big Brother ....
Steve Allen (LBC radio presenter)
Steve Allen (LBC radio presenter)

Steve Allen is a United Kingdom radio presenter on London station LBC 97.3. He lives in Twickenham, London....

Local media

A number of local newspapers are available in Staines, these include:

Staines Informer
Staines Informer

The Staines Informer is a weekly free newspaper distributed in the area in and around Staines. It is now owned by the Trinity Mirror group through their North Surrey and London Newspapers division....
Staines Leader
Staines Guardian
Staines and Ashford News
Staines and Egham News
Surrey Herald

External links

- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article