Desborough Island
Desborough Island is a 112-acre manmade island in the River Thames on the reach above Sunbury Lock in Surrey, England. It was formed in the 1930s by the digging of a channel – the Desborough Cut – by the Thames Conservancy as a meander cutoff of narrow width on the right bank.Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include D’Oyly Carte Island and St Nicholas Church, Shepperton.
D’Oyly Carte Island
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
D'Oyly Carte Island is a small private island in the River Thames, England, administratively and historically part of Weybridge, near its other inhabited islands and near part of Old Shepperton, on the reach above Sunbury Lock, 200 metres downstream from Shepperton Lock.
St Nicholas Church, Shepperton
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas Church, is a Church of England parish church in the village of Shepperton in the county of Surrey within the United Kingdom. A church is believed to have stood on the site since the 7th century AD, though the majority of the present stone and flint building is thought to date from 1614, with the brick bell tower added in 1714.
Shepperton Lock
Lock
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames, in England by the left bank at Shepperton, Surrey. It is across the river from Weybridge which is nearby linked by a passenger ferry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepperton and Walton on Thames.
Shepperton
Village
Photo: steve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shepperton is a village in the Spelthorne district, in north Surrey, England, around 15 mi south west of central London. The settlement is on the north bank of the River Thames, between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames.
Walton on Thames
Town
Photo: Howardhudson, CC BY 2.5.
Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in northwest Surrey, England. It is in the Borough of Elmbridge, about 15 mi southwest of central London.
Weybridge
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weybridge is a town in Surrey. It is quite close to London and has good rail and road links to London and to the coast. The only place in the area of tourist interest is the former site of the Brooklands car racing track, which has several museums and attractions.
Desborough Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Elmbridge District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.38608° or 51° 23′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.4438° or 0° 26′ 38″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3X9HP4+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 148716616OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Desborough Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Desborough Island”
- French: “Desborough Island”
- German: “Desborough Island”
Localities in the Area
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