Stanwell Moor

Stanwell Moor
Semi-detached and maisonette estate of Stanwell Moor
Footpath bridge connecting stream-side cottages in winter
Stanwell Moor  Stanwell Moor shown within Surrey
Area	2.63 km^2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population	1,371 (2011 census)[1]
– density	521/km^2 (1,350/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ0374
District	Spelthorne
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Staines-upon-Thames
Postcode district	TW19
Dialling code	01753
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Spelthorne
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Coordinates: 51°27′50″N 0°30′00″W / 51.464°N 0.500°W

Stanwell Moor is a rural and suburban clustered settlement, informally known as a village in Surrey, England immediately east of the M25 London Orbital Motorway, south-west of Heathrow airport and west of its former village of Stanwell, from which it has broken off by having a separate community hall and residents' organisation.

Distributaries of the complex River Colne run past Stanwell Moor where it forms a broad part of the Colne Valley regional park. Stanwell Moor is buffered from all other settlements. Its south is covered by the King George VI Reservoir after which is Staines upon Thames. South-west is the Wraysbury Reservoir.

History and geography

The locality gained its main barrier from what had always been its village in the early 1960s, a dual carriageway and it hived off shortly after with the building of a community hall and establishment of its own residents' association. It is however, ecclesiastically, still strongly tied with Stanwell in the Church of England, its parish. Fewer than six of the original Middle Ages buildings stand in the hamlet.^[2]

It sits on the part of the parish on strongly fertile, partly densely wooded, alluvial soil, whereas most of Stanwell was associated with the stony ground which makes up gravel deposits near to the surface of the soil, as throughout the area south of Heathrow Airport to the River Thames.^[2]

Local government

The community is in the Stanwell North ward, as used by Spelthorne and for certain statistical purposes. Stanwell Moor is represented by Labour's Robert Evans, on Surrey County Council.

Amenities

A parade of shops is here, followed at one end by a pub. A further pub is by the Colne itself. Distributaries of the complex River Colne runs past Stanwell Moor where it forms a broad part of the Colne Valley regional park. Stanwell Moor is buffered from all other settlements. Its south is covered by the King George VI Reservoir after which is Staines upon Thames. South-west is the Wraysbury Reservoir.^[2][3][4]

Demography and housing

2011 Census Homes

Output area	Detached	Semi-detached	Terraced	Flats and apartments	Caravans/temporary/mobile homes	Shared between households[1]
Stanwell Moor[1]	94	184	187	78	1	6

The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

Output area	Population	Households	% Owned outright	% Owned with a loan	hectares[1]
Stanwell Moor[1]	1,371	550	25.5	47.5	263

The proportion of households in the settlement who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).

Gallery

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  Field of Lower Mill Farm from the public footpath

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  King George VI Reservoir with field used for sheep farming

References

1. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Stanwell Moor makes up 2011 lower output area Spelthorne 001D. Note: the towns and villages in Spelthorne have one ward each which covers part of a neighbouring town or village. For example, Ashford is two wards and part of a third ward (see Government). Retrieved 21 November 2013
2. Susan Reynolds (Editor) (1962). "Stanwell: Introduction". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 15 December 2013. Add to my bookshelf
3. http://www.google.co.uk/maps
4. Grid square map Ordnance survey website

External links

Media related to Stanwell Moor at Wikimedia Commons Surrey portal