Boulter's Island
Boulter's Island | ||
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Boulter's Island with Boulter's Lock on the left in the picture (looking upstream) | ||
Waters | Thames | |
Geographical location | 51 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ W | |
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Boulter's Island with Boulter's Lock Weir and Ray Mill Island on the left side of the picture (looking downstream) |
Boulter's Island is an island in the River Thames at Boulter's Lock , near Maidenhead , Berkshire . Boulter's Island is accessible to motor vehicles via Boulter's Bridge at the downstream end of Boulter's Lock. There are a number of houses on the island, a restaurant and a boat workshop with a slipway .
Ray Mill Island is to the east, separated from Boulter's Island by the Ray Mill Stream .
The BBC -Fernsehmoderator Richard Dimbleby lived for many years on Boulter's Iceland.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Cove-Smith: The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson, St Ives, Cambridgeshire 2006, ISBN 0-85288-892-9 .
- ↑ Plaque on the bridge to the island