Eton Wick
Coordinates: 51°29′49″N 0°38′17″W / 51.497°N 0.638°W
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 The Church of St John the Baptist |
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 Eton Wick
Eton Wick shown within Berkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU945785 |
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| Unitary authority | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SLOUGH |
| Postcode district | SL4 |
| Dialling code | 01753 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
Eton Wick is a village in the English county of Berkshire (before 1974 in Buckinghamshire) on the western outskirts of London, immediately north of the River Thames. It is located very close to both the historic towns of Windsor and Eton, as well as Slough and Dorney Lake, the planned rowing venue for the 2012 Olympics. The village has grown rapidly between the 1889’s and the 2000’s.[1][2][3][4][5]
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[edit] Transport
Eton Wick shares its major transport facilities with Slough, as the route to Windsor by road is circuitous. The M4 & A4 are nearby. At Slough there is access to trains into London Paddington, and west to places such as Maidenhead, Reading and Bristol.
[edit] Local rivers
As it flows from Windsor to Bray it joins with firstly Chalvey Ditch stream and Common Ditch stream to the east of Eton Wick. The River Thames then meets the Boveney Ditch stream just south east of Eton Wick. Boveney Ditch is formed by the merging of Roundmoor (drainage) Ditch and habitual dried up Cress Brook just west of Eton Wick.[6] More recently, the Jubilee River, an artificial secondary channel to the Thames, was built between Maidenhead and Windsor for flood relief. It was completed in 2002 and cuts through the Roundmoor, Chalvey and Common Ditches[7][8][9][10].
[edit] Politics
The village is part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and administered by an elected Unitary Authority. The current MP (2007) for the Windsor constituency (of which Eton Wick is a part) is Adam Afriyie (Conservative). Before 1974, the village was in Buckinghamshire, but was moved to Berkshire in the local government reorganisation of that year.
[edit] Images
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A snowy field in Eton Wick, Berkshire in 1989. Eton Wick has much farm and common ground in its environs.
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A field near Eton Wick in 1986.
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Eton Wick in 1984.
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Boveney village in Berkshire during 1984. It is near the River Thames a short way from Eton Wick and Windsor.
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Boveney village in Berkshire during 1984. It is near the River Thames a short way from Eton Wick and Windsor.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=496265&txtYCoord=179040
- ^ http://visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/results.jsp?xCenter=3289858.0065224&yCenter=2797262.7535504&scale=63360&mapLayer=nineteenth&subLayer=first_edition&title=Ordnance%20Survey%20and%20Ordnance%20Survey%20of%20Scotland%20First%20Series
- ^ http://visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/results.jsp?xCenter=3289730.0065224&yCenter=2797198.7535504&scale=63360&mapLayer=europe&subLayer=new_pop&title=Ordnance%20Survey%20Popular%20and%20New%20Popular%20Editions
- ^ http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SU9453578495
- ^ http://www.ponies.me.uk/maps/osmap.html?z=14&x=-0.638&y=51.497
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1142081
- ^ http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/494535_178495_120
- ^ http://visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/results.jsp?xCenter=3289858.0065224&yCenter=2797262.7535504&scale=63360&mapLayer=nineteenth&subLayer=first_edition&title=Ordnance%20Survey%20and%20Ordnance%20Survey%20of%20Scotland%20First%20Series
- ^ http://www.ponies.me.uk/maps/osmap.html?z=14&x=-0.638&y=51.497
- ^ http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/494535_178495_106
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[edit] External links
Media related to Eton Wick at Wikimedia Commons
