List of islands in the Thames
This article lists the islands in the Thames in England. The small lock islands that were created during the construction of these locks and some very small ones that directly adjoin larger ones are not listed. The Isle of Dogs and Isle of Grain are no longer islands, even though they kept their names. Westminster was an island called Thorney Island . Some other islands are only protrusions, which are marked by a small ditch.
Most of the islands are natural islands. Some islands were created by relocating the shipping route. Many islands in the Thames are called either "ait" or "eyot". The islands called Ait are usually long, narrow islands that have been formed by deposits.
List of islands
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The islands are listed upstream from the mouth.
- Isle of Sheppey
- Two Tree Island
- Canvey Island
- Lower Horse Island
- Frog Island , Rainham
- Chiswick Eyot , Chiswick
- Oliver's Island , Kew
- Brentford Ait , Brentford
- Lot's Ait , Brentford
- Isleworth Ait , Isleworth
- Flowerpot Islands , Richmond upon Thames
- Corporation Island , Richmond upon Thames
- Glover's Island , Twickenham
- Eel Pie Island , Twickenham
- Swan Island , Twickenham
- Trowlock Island , Teddington
- Steven's Eyot , Kingston upon Thames
- Raven's Ait , Kingston upon Thames / Surbiton
- Thames Ditton Island , Thames Ditton
- Swan Island , Thames Ditton
- Boyle Farm Island , Thames Ditton
- Ash Island , East Molesey
- Tagg's Island , Hampton Court
- Garrick's Ait , Hampton
- Benn's Island , Hampton
- Platt's Eyot , Hampton
- Grand Junction Isle , Sunbury
- Sunbury Court Island , Sunbury
- Rivermead Island , Sunbury
- Sunbury Lock Ait , Walton-on-Thames
- Wheatley's Ait , Lower Sunbury (also called Wheatleys Eyot )
- Desborough Island , Shepperton
- D'Oyly Carte Island , Weybridge
- Lock Island , Shepperton
- Hamhaugh Island , Shepperton
- Pharaoh's Island , Shepperton
- Penton Hook Island , Laleham
- Church Island , Staines-upon-Thames
- Hollyhock Island , Staines-upon-Thames
- Holm Island , Staines-upon-Thames
- The Island , Hythe End
- Magna Carta Island , Runnymede
- Pats Croft Eyot , Runnymede
- Friary Island , Wraysbury
- Friday Island , Old Windsor
- Ham Island , Old Windsor
- Lion Island , Old Windsor
- Sumptermead Ait , Datchet
- Black Potts Ait , Windsor
- Romney Island , Windsor
- Cutlers Ait , Windsor
- Firework Ait , Windsor
- Deadwater Ait , Windsor
- Baths Island , Eton Wick
- Bush Ait , Windsor
- Queen's Eyot , Dorney
- Monkey Island , Bray
- Pigeonhill Eyot , Bray
- Headpile Eyot , Bray
- Guards Club Island , Maidenhead (also called Bucks Ait )
- Bridge Eyot , Maidenhead
- Grass Eyot , Maidenhead
- Ray Mill Island , Maidenhead
- Boulter's Island , Maidenhead
- Glen Island , Maidenhead
- Bavin's Gulls , Maidenhead (also called Sloe Grove Islands )
- Formosa Island , Cookham
- Sashes Island , Cookham
- Gibraltar Islands , Marlow
- Temple Mill Island , Hurley
- Frog Mill Ait , Hurley
- Black Boy Island , Hurley
- Magpie Island , Medmenham
- Temple Island , Henley-on-Thames
- Rod Eyot , Henley-on-Thames
- Ferry Eyot , Wargrave
- Poplar Eyot , Shiplake
- Handbuck Eyot , Shiplake
- Island at Willow Marina , Wargrave
- Phillimore Island , Shiplake
- The Lynch , Lower Shiplake
- Hallsmead Ait , Lower Shiplake
- Buck Ait , Sonning
- Sonning Eye , Sonning
- Island on Sonning Hill , Sonning
- Heron Island , Reading
- View Island , Reading
- De Bohun Island , Reading
- Fry's Island , Reading (also called De Montfort Island )
- Pipers Island , Reading
- St Mary's Island , Reading
- Appletree Eyot , Tilehurst
- Poplar Island , Tilehurst
- Nag's Head Island , Abingdon
- Andersey Island , Abingdon
- Lock Wood Island , Nuneham Courtenay
- Fiddler's Elbow , Sandford-on-Thames
- Rose Isle , Kennington
- Osney Island , Oxford
- Fiddler's Island , Oxford
Oxford floodplain
In the area of Oxford , the river divides into several arms in a meadow landscape in which numerous islands have emerged. On the right, a large island is formed by the Seacourt Stream , Botley Stream, and Bulstake Stream . There are smaller islands, including an island called Osney, formed by the Bulstake Stream and the River Thames, and the Osney Ditch . Suburbs of Oxford Grandpont and New Hinksey are on an island formed by the Bulstake Stream, the Hinksey Stream and the Weirs Mill Stream . Iffley Meadows is an island west of Iffley Lock formed by the Weirs Mill Stream and the Thames.
On the left bank of the river, Fiddler's Island and Osney Island are between Castle Mill Stream and the Thames. Cripley Meadow Island is formed by the Fiddler's Island Stream , Castle Mill Stream and the Sheepwash Channel .
Lock islands
The construction of almost all locks along the Thames made it necessary to build artificial islands to separate the locks from the weirs . The islands were created by dug a canal in which the lock was placed, so the island separates them from the natural course of the river. In many cases the lock keeper's house is on this island, which can be reached through the lock gates. These islands are only listed if they have a separate name.
See also
literature
- Miranda Vickers, Eyots and Aits Islands of the River Thames, The History Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-7524-6213-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hampton Sailing Club. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 5, 2008 ; Retrieved December 9, 2008 (English, the clubhouse was built on Benn's Island in 1962). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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