Dorney

Dorney
Village centre
Dorney Court – its Grade I listed building
Dorney is located in Buckinghamshire
Dorney
Dorney
Location within Buckinghamshire
Area5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population752 (2011 census)[1]
• Density138/km2 (360/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU9279
Civil parish
  • Dorney
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWINDSOR
Postcode districtSL4
Dialling code01628
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
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51°30′07″N 0°40′34″W / 51.502°N 0.676°W / 51.502; -0.676

Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It borders the River Thames to the west and south, and is bisected by the Jubilee River. In 2011 it had a population of 752. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west of neighbouring Eton, which is a slightly larger parish.

It includes a grade I listed manor house, Dorney Court, as well as the largest rowing lake in the south of England, Dorney Lake. Water accounts for 13% of the area of Dorney, the highest proportion in Buckinghamshire.

  1. ^ "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2015.