Bridleway by Kempton Reservoir
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Bridleway by Kempton Reservoir
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 14 Dec 2013
Unlikely though it may seem in this suburban area, no public motor road runs through this grid-square - though the A316 just grazes its north-west corner. The main public access to the area is by means of this bridleway, signposted off Nallhead Road, Hanworth. It is well-used by riders, and tends to get very muddy later in the winter season. Much of the grid-square is (or was until fairly recently) occupied by reservoirs and water-treatment works. The largest of the original basins - to the east of the bridleway - has now been landscaped and has become a nature reserve (managed by Thames Water). Though of a fair size, Kempton Park East was nonetheless much smaller than the later reservoirs further west - Queen Mary, King George VI and Staines, for instance. The south-west corner of the square falls within the Kempton Park Racecourse estate.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.426403
Longitude
-0.396488