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Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England. Staines appears on the Middlesex domesday map in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stanes. The situation of Staines as a major crossing point over the River Thames, its position on the main road from London to the southwest, and its proximity to Windsor has led to the town being involved in national affairs. The barons assembled there before they met King John at Runnymede in 1215, and Stephen Langton held a consecration there shortly after the issue of Magna Carta. Sir Thomas More was tried in 1535 in a Staines public house. Staines was the site of the Staines air disaster in 1972, at the time the worst air crash to have occurred on British soil, until the Lockerbie disaster of 1988. Source : www.wikipedia.org.uk

Local Attractions : 
Thorpe Park : www.thorpepark.com  
Runnymeade (Magna Carta) : http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-runnymede/w-runnymede-history/w-runnymede-history-magnacarta.htm
Ascot Racecourse : www.ascot.co.uk
Windsor Racecourse : www.windsor-racecourse.co.uk
Windsor Castle : www.royalcollection.org.uk
Legoland : www.legoland.co.uk/