Ham Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Windsor Lock and Friday Island.
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.
Friday Island
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Lion Island
Islet
Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunnymeads and Old Windsor.
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.
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.
Ham Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46832° or 51° 28′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.57021° or 0° 34′ 13″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3XFC9H+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1344897514OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Ham Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Ham Island”
- French: “Ham Island”
- German: “Ham Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nickcroft Ait and Ham Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor and Sunnymeads railway station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ham Island”. Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.