Guards Club Island

Guards Club Island (downstream side) and Maidenhead Railway Bridge with Maidenhead Bridge beyond
Guards Club Island (upstream side) showing Guards Club Island Bridge and Guards Club Park to the right
Guards Club Island
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River Thames

Fleet River
A4094 road bridge
weir
Hedsor Wharf
weir
bridges
Cookham Lock
Formosa Island

Strand Water

White Brook

Maidenhead Ditch
Mill Race

Kayaking
Ray Mill
Boulter's Lock

Taplow mill
Jubilee River--
-- (to Old Windsor Lock)
Ray Mill Road West
Grass Eyot
Bridge Eyot

Flood Relief Channel
A4 Bath Road
Bridge Street
York Road
Guards Club Island
Reading - Paddington Rly
Forlease Road

York Stream
Proposed Green Lane lock
Headpile Eyot
Bray Lock and weir

Bray Mill
M4 Motorway

The Cut
Bray marina
River Thames

Guards Club Island, also known as Bucks Ait, is an island in the River Thames at Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Berkshire. The island is connected to Guards Club Park by a low cast-iron and wood footbridge which blocks the channel from navigation. The island gets its alternative name from the eel bucks[1] from which the footbridge was adapted in 1865 to allow access to the Guards Club Boathouse (since demolished) on the island.

The island is part of Guards Club Park, which is a public open space and conservation area; however, access to the island is restricted between December and June as it is a nesting site for water fowl.

References

  1. Cove-Smith, Chris (2006). The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ISBN 0-85288-892-9.

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See also

Next island upstream River Thames Next island downstream
Bridge Eyot Guards Club Island Headpile Eyot

Coordinates: 51°31′18″N 0°42′07″W / 51.5217°N 0.7020°W