Sunbury-on-Thames
Administration
District:	Spelthorne
County:	Surrey
Region:	South East England
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial County:	Surrey
Traditional County:	Middlesex
Postal County:	Middlesex

Sunbury-on-Thames is a Surrey suburb of London, England. It occupies the southern most part of Hounslow Heath extending to the River Thames which is its southern boundary. Geographically, Sunbury comprises two areas. The area adjacent to the river is commonly known as Lower Sunbury and has a village atmosphere, while the area to the north is known as Sunbury Common and is much more urban.

The modern centre of Sunbury, known as Sunbury Cross, is the the point at which a major arterial route from London, the A316, becomes the start of the M3 motorway. It is a largely suburban town with a number of office buildings and industrial estates clustered around Junction 1 of the M3.

Sunbury is the home of BPs Engineering and Research Centre. Located to the north of Sunbury on the site of Meadhurst House, formerly owned by the Cadbury family.

Sunbury was the home of the London Irish Rugby Club from 1932 until its move in 2001 to the Madejski stadium in Reading.

To the east of Sunbury is Kempton Park racecourse.

Marking the western border of Sunbury is Queen Mary Reservoir which was constructed in 1925.

Sunbury extends to the south as far as the River Thames. This part of Sunbury has a village atmosphere and is commonly known as Lower-Sunbury.

History

The earliest evidence of occupation in Sunbury is provided by the discovery of Bronze Age funerary urns dating from the 10th century BC.

It is mentioned in the Sunbury Charter in AD 962.

Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.

Nearby Places

• Hampton Court Palace
• Kempton Park

Nearest railway station: Sunbury.

Grid reference: TQ103696 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ103696)

External link

• Sunbury-on-Thames on surrey-pages.co.uk (http://www.surrey-pages.co.uk/Surrey/Sunbury-on-Thames/)
• Sunbury-on-Thames weather from BBC weather centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3794)
• Map of Sunbury-on-Thames from streetmap.co.uk (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=511750&Y=169250&A=Y&Z=1)
• Sunbury-on-Thames on www.ukvillages.co.uk (http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/England/Sunbury+on+Thames-Surrey)