Bavin's Gulls

Bavin's Gulls
Bavin's Gulls (looking upstream)
Waters	Thames
Geographical location	51 ° 33 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W

Bavin's Gulls or Sloe Grove Islands are a group of islands in the Thames , in England upstream of Boulter's Lock , near Maidenhead , Berkshire . The beauty of this stretch of river was praised by Jerome K. Jerome in the novel Three Men in a Boat .

Bavin's Gulls consists of two larger and two small narrow wooded islands. The islands are part of Cliveden's possession and are owned by the National Trust . The mooring of boats overnight is permitted on three of the four islands, the fourth island is a nature reserve and may not be entered.

See also

• List of islands in the Thames

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Cove-Smith: The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson, St Ives, Cambridgeshire 2006, ISBN 0-85288-892-9 .