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Poyle

Poyle is a largely industrial and agricultural area in the unitary authority of Slough, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England.

Poyle
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The place

Poyle is a largely industrial and agricultural area in the unitary authority of Slough, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is located 18.5 miles (30 km) west of Charing Cross in London and immediately west of the M25 motorway, near Heathrow Airport; it also adjoins the Colne Valley regional park.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Poyle

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Longford River

    The Longford River is an artificial waterway, a distributary designed to embellish a park, that diverts water 12 miles from the River Colne at Longford near Colnbrook in England, to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace. Its main outlet is to the reach above Molesey Lock with lesser pond outlet channels to that above Teddington Lock.

    1.1 km · ground-level aqueduct in London and Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ditton Park

    Ditton Park, Ditton Manor House or Ditton Park House was the manor house and private feudal demesne of the lord of the Manor of Ditton, and refers today to the rebuilt building and smaller grounds towards the edge of the town of Slough in England. A key feature is its centuries-old moat which extends to most of the adjoining lawns and garden.

    3.9 km · country house in Datchet, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    King George VI Reservoir

    The King George VI Reservoir sits between Stanwell Moor and Staines upon Thames, south-west of Heathrow, England. It is between Staines Moor and a north–south road abutting the Staines Reservoirs.

    3.2 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary, Stanwell

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell, is a Church of England parish church in the village of Stanwell, Surrey. It dates to the 12th-century and is a grade I listed building.

    3.1 km · historic church in Stanwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Roman Catholic Church of St Catherine

    St Catherine's Church or St Catherine of Alexandria Church is a Catholic parish church in West Drayton, Borough of Hillingdon, London. It was built from 1868 to 1869 and designed by Thomas John Willson and Samuel Joseph Nicholl.

    3.7 km · catholic church building in Hillingdon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit

    Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit is a 58.0-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wraysbury in Berkshire. It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site, and Special Protection Area.

    3.7 km · scientific site of interest in Wraysbury, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Queen Mother Reservoir

    The Queen Mother Reservoir is a public water supply reservoir that lies between the M4 and the M25 to the west of London, close to Datchet. It is 475 acres in size or about 1 km in diameter - making it one of the largest inland areas of water in Southern England.

    2.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Wraysbury Reservoir

    Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, west of the M25, east of the village of Wraysbury, and under the western approach path of Heathrow's southern runway. Construction began in 1967 and was completed by W. & C. French in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres.

    2.1 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Staines Moor

    Staines Moor is a 510.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey.

    3.4 km · 510.8-hectare (1,262-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Stanwell Place

    Stanwell Place was a manor house and associated estate and tenant farms, located to the west of the village of Stanwell, Middlesex. During the early part of the 20th century parts of the estate were sold off to create a reservoir and a series of local small holdings.

    2.4 km · house in Middlesex, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Poyle

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 3 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km · London Luton (LTN), 45 km
Stations
London Heathrow Airport, 3.3 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station, 4 km · Heathrow Terminal 5 station, 1.6 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station, 3.9 km · Iver railway station, 3.5 km
  • London → Poyle
    27 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £3–4
  • Luton, Luton → Poyle
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £5–7
  • London, Essex → Poyle
    27 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £3–4
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Poyle

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Poyle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    104 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    291 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    423 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    549 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    585 km

If you know how people move in Poyle – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Poyle

Poyle is 17 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.