Swan Island, London

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In 1871 to 1882 OS maps 1st series at 1:10560: Surrey. Click to expand/see wider.

Swan Island is a private mooring island in the Thames at Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England. It is on the Tideway [lower-alpha 1] about 34 mile (1.2 km) north of and thus below Teddington Lock.

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The island has a commercial boatyard in addition to residential mooring for boats. It is connected to the Twickenham bank by a small bridge, which is suitable for vehicles as well as foot traffic.

Originally an osier bed, it measured 14 acre (0.10 ha) per Ordnance Survey maps of 1897 [1] and 1898. [2] [3]

A larger island stood north-west which has become the playground, bowling green, café and park Radnor Gardens, Strawberry Hill/Vale.

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Citations and footnotes

  1. OS Map of London at 25 inches to the mile (Edition of 1894-96) sheet CXXII, Revised: 1893, Published: 1897
  2. OS Map of Surrey at 25 inches to the mile sheet VI.7, Revised: 1893, Published: 1898
  3. "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland".
  1. Thus patrolled by the Port of London Authority, not the EA

See also

Next island upstream River Thames Next island downstream
Trowlock Island Swan Island, London Eel Pie Island

51°26′21″N00°19′52″W / 51.43917°N 0.33111°W / 51.43917; -0.33111

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