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Riverside Place, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW19 7LP

From the High Street mini-roundabout junction

This is near the Southern Perimeter Road of Heathrow Airport.

Heading along the Southern Perimeter Road as it heads around Heathrow Airport.

The Duke of Northumberland's River is an artificial cut which diverted water from the River Colne to augment the River Crane which used to run a lot of mills. It isn't navigable, so I'm not sure what this slipway is for. You could canoe on it, I suppose.

Heading along the road which goes around the perimeter of Heathrow Airport.

This is The Duke of Northumberland's River and out of sight on the left is the Longford River - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4161194 To the south of Heathrow Airport and its Southern Perimeter Road, the two waterways run parallel and it is possible to follow a track between them. Here they are known as the Twin Rivers. This western section of the Duke of Northumberland's River was constructed during the reign of King Henry VIIIth. It takes water from the River Colne and was designed to supplement the flow to existing mills. Charles I ordered the construction of the totally artificial watercourse known as the Longford River to carry water from the River Colne to the water features in Bushy Park and then on to the Long Water in Home Park at Hampton Court. The Longford River opened in 1638. They have followed the north side of the Southern Perimeter Road of Heathrow Airport before passing under the road and emerging here to follow the southern side as far as the Great South-West Road (A30).

The drained Staines north reservoir is visible. It was drained earlier in the year to enable maintenance work to be carried out.

Two man made watercourses, The Duke of Northumberland's and the Longford Rivers, flow side by side along here just a few metres apart. Both streams are artificial distributaries of the River Colne, made to divert water to be used elsewhere. The Duke's river augmented water mills on the River Crane, while the Longford River, shown here, supplied clean water to Hampton Court Palace beside the polluted River Thames.

This is The Longford River and out of sight on the right is the Duke of Northumberland's River - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4161185 To the south of Heathrow Airport and its Southern Perimeter Road, the two waterways run parallel and it is possible to follow a track between them. Here they are known as the Twin Rivers. Charles I ordered the construction of the totally artificial watercourse known as the Longford River to carry water from the River Colne to the water features in Bushy Park and then on to the Long Water in Home Park at Hampton Court. The Longford River opened in 1638. The western section of the Duke of Northumberland's River was constructed during the reign of King Henry VIIIth. It takes water from the River Colne and was designed to supplement the flow to existing mills. They have followed the north side of the Southern Perimeter Road of Heathrow Airport before passing under the road and emerging here to follow the southern side as far as the Great South-West Road (A30).