Shepperton
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '40 " N , 0 ° 26' 53" W.
Shepperton is a town in the municipality of Spelthorne the county of Surrey in southern England , just outside London . In 2001 it had 10,796 inhabitants. It is shared by the M3 Motorway . In the south, the Thames forms the border with the Runnymede district . Some islands in the Thames are part of Shepperton, including Lock Island (northern part), Hamhaugh Island , Pharaoh's Island and Penton Hook Island .
The name Shepperton comes from Shepherd's Town ( English for 'shepherd town').
Shepperton are Shepperton Studios resident.
Shepperton originally belonged to Middlesex County . When Greater London was formed in 1965 and Middlesex was dissolved in return, it became the county of Surrey.
The River Ash flows in the north of the village.
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert Faurisson (1929–2018), French literary scholar and neo-Nazi
- John Boorman (* 1933), director, screenwriter and film producer
