Penton Hook Island

In administrative geography the area forms the southern extreme of the ancient (and current as of 2015) ecclesiastical parish of Staines.

It is more robustly protected from initiatives to construct on greenfield sites by being part of the Metropolitan Green Belt settled national planning policy.

These particularly cater for angling; for the Thames two permits are issued by the Environment Agency that can be bought online or in post offices.

This benefited 300 let farrens (parts) for horse and cow grazing on their bypassed flood meadow to the south, each at more than £1 per year each by the 19th century, Laleham Burway.

[4] During the 18th century, the city of London, which administered this stretch of the river, made a number of attempts to abolish the fish-weirs which impeded navigation.