TQ0272 : Staines Aqueduct

Staines Aqueduct from footbridge just north of Church Lammas Lakes.
The aqueduct and pumping station were built c1902 to feed the Staines Reservoirs which were constructed across the parish boundary in Stanwell a year earlier. It takes water from the River Thames at Hythe End, just above Bell Weir Lock. In later years it was used to feed the Hampton Water Works reservoirs at Kempton Park, plus the King George VI Reservoir. The aqueduct continues to still feed all these reservoirs today. It’s an amazing piece of architecture passing over and under rivers, railways and roads.