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Staines in General

Newest Review: ... is not the newest of shopping areas but is home to many shops including M&S, Bay Trading, River Island, Our Price, Dixons, Orange Shop, and a few sports shops. The recently completed Two-Rivers shopping complex is a outside large retail area with shops like Currys, CarpetRite, First Sport etc. There is also a mega-store Boots and smaller shops like Toni & Guy and Thorntons ice cream. Staines must be the best place in the area if you are after card shops and sports shops as there are so many of them its crazy! The next stage of the new development will be completed soon introducing the Warner Village 10 screen cinema and Holmes Place heal... more

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Staines in General: The Roman Town of Staines (429 words)
by - written on 13/05/01 (Very useful, 664 readings)
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Staines is a medium sized market town located in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne. Staines being not too far from me, is quite a pleasant place to shop and go out in the evening. It was established as a Roman settlement many years ago and is today one of the largest towns in Surrey. There are many listed buildings around the town, especially in the high street and this - together with River Thames location -helps make the town more attractive, fighting against the influx of office complexes being built. There is the Elmsleigh shopping centre right in the town centre and this is not the newest of shopping areas but is home to many shops ... Read the complete review

Staines - a growing town (391 words)
by - written on 26/10/00 (Very useful, 183 readings)
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The first thing that strikes you about Staines is the name. Who ever would want to live in a place with a name like that? However when you look into it a little more closely you find out there is plenty of history to the town. There was a settlement there dating back to about 4000 BC. When the Romans arrived they built a camp there with the name Pontes because it was the lowest bridging point on the River Thames. After the Romans left the Anglo Saxons demolished the buildings to leave rubble or stones there - and the Anglo Saxon for stone is Stanna - hence the name Staines. The town is situated on the River Thames just inside the M25 and about 5 miles south of ... Read the complete review