Lion Island
Lion Island is a small uninhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Old Windsor Lock, near Old Windsor, Berkshire. The island is a thin wooded strip separated by a narrow channel on the north bank.Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Albert Bridge and Ham Island.
Albert Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albert Bridge is a road bridge in England running north–south and carrying the B3021 between Datchet and Old Windsor. It crosses the River Thames on the reach between Old Windsor Lock and Romney Lock.
Ham Island
Island
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Ham Island is an inhabited man-made island of roughly 50 hectares in the River Thames in Old Windsor in England. It was a mature meander of the Thames until a channel was dug, the New Cut, to build Old Windsor Lock which reduced the navigable distance by two thirds.
Old Windsor Lock
Lock
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Windsor and Sunnymeads.
Old Windsor
Village
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Windsor is a village and civil parish, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It is bounded by the River Thames to the east and the Windsor Great Park to the west.
Datchet
Village
Photo: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Datchet is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England, on the north bank of the River Thames. Historically part of Buckinghamshire, and the Stoke Hundred, the village was eventually transferred to Berkshire, under the Local Government Act of 1972.
Lion Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46936° or 51° 28′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.57954° or 0° 34′ 46″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C3XFC9C+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 26637362OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13284360Wikidata ID
Q6555431
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Lion Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Lion Island”
- Dutch: “Lion Island”
- French: “Lion Island”
- German: “Lion Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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