Holm Island

Holm Island on the right on the approach to the M25 Bridge

Hollyhock Island is a long, narrow, inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, administratively in the extreme eastern end of Wraysbury, Berkshire in the middle of a small backwater, close to the northern bank. The centre of the town of Staines-upon-Thames is approximately five times nearer than the centre of Wraysbury village, of which the island is part.[1]

The island is on what was the traditional Buckinghamshire bank (used upstream as far as Henley in the sport of rowing) upstream of Staines Bridge and 400 m downstream of the M25 Runnymede Bridge[2] and is neighboured by the small Holm Island in the middle of part of its northern backwater.[1][3]

The island is noted for its largest house of the two main plots, "The Nest", which was used as a hideaway by the future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the 1930s.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grid square map Ordnance survey website (wooded island marked to left of map). Retrieved 2013-07-13
  2. ↑ Grid Reference Finder distance tools. Retrieved 2013-07-13
  3. ↑ Cove-Smith, Chris (2006). The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ISBN 978-0-85288-892-6.
  4. ↑ Paul Goldsack for English Heritage River Thames: In the footsteps of the Famous, Bradt, 2003.
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The Island, Hythe End  Holm Island
Hollyhock Island
Grid reference: TQ023718		 Church Island 

Coordinates: 51°26′10.5″N 00°31′39.5″W / 51.436250°N 0.527639°W