Penton Hook is a pronounced horseshoe bend on the River Thames within the Runnymede borough of Surrey, England. A man-made navigation cut and the early 19th-century lock and weir complex - including Penton Hook Lock - created Penton Hook Island, shortening the river and leaving a broad floodplain of meadows and woodlands favoured by birds and anglers.
Close to the historic Runnymede meadows, the area is popular with boaters, walkers and local communities for informal recreation, and the riverside economy is largely leisure- and tourism-orientated rather than industrial. The bend and its navigation works are a visible reminder of the Thames’s long role in transport and local life, providing quiet paths, moorings and seasonally changing wetlands and grazing land.
Postcode districts covering Penton Hook
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 15 miles
- Islington 19.4 miles
- Reading 21.1 miles
- City of Westminster 16.2 miles
- Sutton 14 miles
- Crawley 24 miles
- Croydon 18.3 miles
- Slough 8.9 miles
- Harrow 14.7 miles
- High Wycombe 18.8 miles
- Watford 17.9 miles
- Woking 7.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Laleham Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Riverside and Laleham Ward 1.1 miles
- Chertsey St. Ann's Ward 1.2 miles
- Staines-upon-Thames Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Staines South Ward 1.4 miles
- Shepperton Green Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Chertsey Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Chertsey Riverside Ward 1.6 miles
- Thorpe Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Laleham and Shepperton Green Ward 1.6 miles
- Egham Hythe Ward 2 miles
- Ashford Town Ward 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Penton Hook
KT16 8QX, KT16 8QN, KT16 8QA, KT16 8RS, KT16 8RT, KT16 8PZ, KT16 8QG, KT16 8RN, KT16 8QQ … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 4.8 miles
- London Gatwick Airport 22.1 miles
- Chertsey Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Staines Railway Station 1.8 miles
Hotels near Penton Hook Ad
- The Runnymede on Thames 4 2.8 miles
- The Coach and Horses 0.9 miles
- The Boleyn Hotel 3 2 miles
- Oatlands Park Hotel 4 3.2 miles
- The Olde Swan Hotel 3 1 mile
- Great Fosters Hotel 4 2.1 miles
- London Thames Lodge by Palette Resorts 3 1.8 miles
- Crown Hotel 1 mile
- Holiday Inn Express London Heathrow T4 3.5 4.3 miles
- Crowne Plaza London Heathrow T4 4 4.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Penton Hook Marina Marina 0.5 miles
- Runnymede Bridge Late Bronze Age Site Archaeological site 2.7 miles
- Brooklands Estate 3.2 miles
- Kempton Park Racecourse Recreation 4.4 miles
- Ditton Park Estate 5.8 miles
- Sunningdale Park Estate 5.9 miles
- Frogmore House Estate 6.1 miles
- The Homewood Forest 6.1 miles
- Sandown Park Racecourse Recreation 6.2 miles
- Claremont Landscape Garden Gardens 6.2 miles
- Claremont Estate Estate 6.4 miles
- RHS Garden, Wisley Gardens 6.5 miles