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The racecourse was the idea of 19th-century businessman and Conservative Party agent S. H. Hyde, who was enjoying a carriage drive in the country with his wife in June 1870 when he came across Kempton Manor and Park for sale. Hyde leased the grounds as tenant in 1872 and six years later in July 1878 Kempton opened as a racecourse.
A "spinney" was inclosed as a park in 1246 to which the next year 24 deer were set up from Havering-atte-Bower. 24 acres (9.7 ha) in Hanworth (now in Greater London) were added to the park in 1270; rabbits were mentioned in deeds in 1251 and in 1276, 100 deer were sent to Kempton. Horses were bred at Kempton in the early 14th century as on ...
London Marriott Hotel Park Lane is a hotel in London, England. It is located at 140 Park Lane and is run by the Marriott Hotels group. The site was once occupied by Somerset House and Camelford House. The hotel has 152 bedrooms all of which were refurbished, alongside the rest of the hotel, in 2015.
Kempton Park railway station in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey is on the Shepperton branch line, 16 miles 26 chains (26.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. Access is from the front car park of Kempton Park Racecourse.
Map of Sunbury-on-Thames: all of the land south and west of the red line marking the Greater London border and north of the blue curve of the Thames The island park – Rivermead Island View of Sunbury Park. 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.
Kempton Park may refer to: Kempton Park, Gauteng, a city on the East Rand, South Africa; Kempton Park, Surrey, a district in the borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, UK, adjacent to Sunbury-on-Thames Kempton Park Racecourse, a horse racing track in Sunbury-on-Thames; Kempton Park railway station, a railway station in Sunbury-on-Thames
When the Kempton Park works were inaugurated in 1906 the 42-inch main was not finished and treated water was sent to Finsbury Park, along the former East London water works 36-inch main adjacent to Kempton Park. When the 42-inch main was complete in 1908 it was capable of transferring 68.2 Ml per day (15 million gallons per day). [2]
Kempton Park Reservoirs are a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the London Borough of Hounslow and Kempton Park in Surrey. [1] [2] It is owned by Thames Water. [3] It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site [4] and Special Protection Area [5] Kempton Park East reservoir is also a local nature reserve. [6] [7]