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 miles24.1 km
- Islington 19.4 miles31.2 km
- Reading 21.1 miles33.9 km
- City of Westminster 16.2 miles26 km
- Sutton 14 miles22.6 km
- Crawley 24 miles38.6 km
- Croydon 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Slough 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Harrow 14.7 miles23.7 km
- High Wycombe 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Watford 17.9 miles28.9 km
- Woking 7.6 miles12.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Laleham Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Riverside and Laleham Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Chertsey St. Ann's Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Staines-upon-Thames Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Staines South Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Shepperton Green Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Chertsey Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Chertsey Riverside Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Thorpe Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Laleham and Shepperton Green Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Egham Hythe Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Ashford Town Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
Example postcodes in Penton Hook
KT16 8RN, KT16 8QN, KT16 8QB, KT16 8RT, KT16 8QP, KT16 8RR, KT16 8QD, KT16 8QW, KT16 8QJ … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 4.8 miles7.8 km
- London Gatwick Airport 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Chertsey Railway Station 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Staines Railway Station 1.8 miles2.9 km
Hotels near Penton Hook Ad
- Crown Hotel 1 mile1.6 km
- The Swan Hotel 4 2 miles3.2 km
- The Bridge Hotel 3 1.1 miles1.8 km
- The Olde Swan Hotel 3 1 mile1.6 km
- Coworth Park - Dorchester Collection 5 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Great Fosters - Near Windsor 5 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Fairmont Windsor Park 5 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Boleyn Hotel 3 2 miles3.2 km
- Foxhills Club & Resort 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Staybridge Suites London Heathrow - Bath Road 4 5.4 miles8.7 km
Local points of interest
- Penton Hook Marina Marina 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Runnymede Bridge Late Bronze Age Site Archaeological site 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Brooklands Estate 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Kempton Park Racecourse Recreation 4.4 miles7 km
- Ditton Park Estate 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Sunningdale Park Estate 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Frogmore House Estate 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Homewood Forest 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Sandown Park Racecourse Recreation 6.2 miles10 km
- Claremont Landscape Garden Gardens 6.2 miles10 km
- Claremont Estate Estate 6.4 miles10.2 km
- RHS Garden, Wisley Gardens 6.5 miles10.4 km