page_title: Sunbury-on-Thames
section_title: Topography and localities
hierarchical_section_title: Sunbury-on-Thames / Topography and localities
caption_attribution_description: English: Rivermead Island. This is one of the few islands in the Thames to which there is public access. The trees in the farthest distance indicate the so-called Swan's Rest Island which was once an island in its own right but is now the eastern end of Rivermead Island.
context_page_description: Sunbury-on-Thames is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, approximately 13 mi from central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, it was transferred to Surrey in 1965. Sunbury adjoins Feltham to the north, Hampton to the east, Ashford to the northwest and Shepperton to the southwest. Walton-on-Thames is to the south, on the opposite bank of the Thames.
  The town has two main focal points: Lower Sunbury is the older part, adjoining the river. Sunbury Common is to the north and surrounds the railway station and the London end of the M3 motorway. Lower Sunbury contains most of the town's parks, pubs and listed buildings, whereas Sunbury Common is more urban and includes offices and hotels. Lower Sunbury holds an annual fair and regatta each August.
  Sunbury railway station is on the Shepperton branch line. Trains to and from London Waterloo are operated by South Western Railway.
context_section_description: Sunbury is a post town that is in part north and south of the M3, varying from 14 to 9m AOD with a term for each part.
caption: The island park – Rivermead Island
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