Friary Island

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Friary Island is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, on the approach to Old Windsor Lock at Wraysbury, Berkshire. [1] It is just across the river from Old Windsor, where there was a friary from which it took its name.

The island is inhabited, with about 40 houses, and is accessible via a road bridge.

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References

  1. West London, Rickmansworth & Staines (Landranger Map 176) (D5 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2012, ISBN   978-0319232118
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Coordinates: 51°27′29″N0°34′23″W / 51.458°N 0.573°W / 51.458; -0.573