Sonning Eye
Sonning Eye is a hamlet on the River Thames in the Sonning Common ward of South Oxfordshire, England, in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden, at what is, since 1974, the southernmost tip of Oxfordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include The Mill at Sonning and French Horn.
The Mill at Sonning
Theater building
Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mill at Sonning is a professional theatre and restaurant, converted from a circa-1800 flour mill on earlier foundations, on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in the English county of Berkshire.
French Horn
Restaurant
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The French Horn at Sonning is a hotel and restaurant on the banks of the River Thames next to the Sonning Backwater Bridges, at Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England.
Sonning Lock
Lock
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Sonning Lock is a lock and associated weir situated on the River Thames at the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773 and it has been rebuilt three times since then.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonning and Playhatch.
Sonning
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river".
Playhatch
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Playhatch is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden in South Oxfordshire, England, about 2 miles northeast of Reading, Berkshire. It is situated immediately north of the junction of the A4155 and the B478.
Dunsden Green
Village
Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunsden Green or Dunsden is a village in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden in the South Oxfordshire ward of Sonning Common, about 3 miles northeast of Reading, Berkshire. Until 1866 it was in the Oxfordshire part of Sonning parish.
Sonning Eye
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England
- Categories: river island and locality
- Location: Eye and Dunsden, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47815° or 51° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.91953° or 0° 55′ 10″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
9C3XF3HJ+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 2255655933OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Sonning Eye” goes by many names.
- French: “Sonning Eye”
- German: “Sonning Eye”
- Japanese: “ソニング”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mill House and Sonning Eye.
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