Rod Eyot
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| Waters | Thames | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W | |
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Rod Eyot or Rod Ait is an island in the Thames in England at Henley-on-Thames upstream from Hambledon Lock .
There are ten wooden houses and one brick house on the island. The island can only be reached by boat. Shipping traffic passes the island on both sides. Some of the houses are permanently occupied while others are weekend houses. All houses have a mooring.
It was known as Corporation Island until the Henley City Council sold it in 1907 . At that time only the brick house stood, which was inhabited by a farrier who made the horseshoes for the horses that pulled the ships on the river.
A painting owned by Queen Elizabeth II of England shows Rod Eyot as part of a group of uninhabited low islands.