Is Staines in Surrey, Middlesex, or Metropolitan London?

Question

I've got a fiver riding on the answer!

Answer 1

Although north of the Thames was always Middlesex, in 1965 the Staines and Sunbury Councils transferred to the new Administrative County of Surrey.

Answer 2

as a dedicated NORTHENER  W H O  RUDDY  care's

Answer 3

middlesex

Answer 4

definately middlesex

Answer 5

Middlesex. Ask da Ali G, cos dat's where him an' he Julie is from, innit.

Answer 6

Middlesex as a county doesn't exist any more. Staines is in the county of surrey. If you need proof go to www.itraveluk.co.uk/maps/england and then click on surrey and then on towns beginning with S.

Hope you win.

Answer 7

technically its in surrey because middlesex doesn't really exist anymore but people still use the name.

and the built up area of staines is just on the edge of the greater London built up area

Answer 8

Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England, but remains within the postal county of Middlesex.

Mind you Middlesex doesn't exist now either following an updating of counties in the 1990's - only the post office now seem to use it - Middlesex has been superceded by Greater London.

Answer 9

Middlesex. Hope you won the fiver. Sharing? LOL!

Answer 10

use multimap to find out!

Answer 11

Staines is in SURREY - and is administered by Surrey County Council - but has the post code of TW18 - which unfortunately relates it to Twickenham in Middlesex - this is where the confusion comes from.

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