Friday Island
Friday Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Old Windsor, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, just short of Old Windsor Lock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the River Thames in Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Friday Island, River Thames”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Windsor Lock and SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor.
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.
SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor
Church
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
The Church of St Peter and St Andrew is an historic Church of England parish church at Old Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is located at the end of Church Road near the River Thames.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wraysbury and Old Windsor.
Wraysbury
Village
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.
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.
Friday Island
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46242° or 51° 27′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.56936° or 0° 34′ 10″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3XFC6J+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 23205665OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Friday Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Friday Island”
- French: “Friday Island”
- French: “île Friday”
- French: “Île Friday”
- German: “Friday Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Friary Field and Wraysbury Primary School.
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