Staines-upon-Thames, commonly referred to simply as Staines /ste?nz/, is a town on the River Thames in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England. Before 1 April 1965 it was in the historic county of Middlesex. The town changed its official name from Staines to Staines-upon-Thames on 20 May 2012.The town is within the western bounds of the M25 motorway, 17 miles (27 km) west south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is within the London Commuter Belt of South East England, Greater London Urban Area, surrounded in part by the Green Belt. Passing along the edge of the town and crossing Staines Bridge is the Thames Path National Trail.Parts of the large Staines upon Thames post town are whole villages: Laleham, Stanwell and Wraysbury. The post town includes, due to the long association of Staines Bridge with a medieval causeway (levee) on the opposite bank of the river, half of a large locality of a neighbouring town, Egham, namely Egham Hythe, which contains a significant business area within the county, and some of the town's oldest listed buildings. The town does not exceed 4m above river level, it has no woods but instead has a large number of parks, leisure centres, a football club which has reached the conference level and some multinational research/technology company sites. London Heathrow Airport is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) away and the railway station is a main stop on the London Waterloo to Reading Line.
District
Spelthorne
Population total
18484
Region
South East England
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