Formosa Island
Formosa Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Cookham Lock near Cookham, Berkshire, with two smaller adjacent islands. The island is one of the largest on the non-tidal river Thames with 50 acres of woodland.Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bourne End railway station and Cookham railway station.
Bourne End railway station
Railway station
Photo: Feebtlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourne End railway station is a railway station in Buckinghamshire, England, that serves Bourne End. It is on the Marlow Branch Line between Maidenhead and Marlow, 4 miles 36 chains down the line from Maidenhead and 28 miles 55 chains measured from London Paddington.
Cookham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cookham railway station serves the village of Cookham, Berkshire, England. Great Western Railway trains between Maidenhead and Marlow serve the station on the Marlow branch line, but through services to and from London Paddington in peak hours Monday to Friday no longer run.
Stanley Spencer Gallery
Museum
Photo: Lagosman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer. It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thameside village of Cookham, Berkshire where the artist was born and spent much of his life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cookham and Maidenhead.
Cookham
Photo: Dapaan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End.
Maidenhead
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maidenhead is a large riverside town in the county of Berkshire in the South East of England. Like many towns, Maidenhead has lost some of its historic charm, and the town centre is a little uninspiring and overdeveloped in some parts.
Bray
Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bray or Bray on Thames is a village in Berkshire, England. It is notable for being the home of two of Britain's best restaurants. Bray Studios was also where a number of Hammer Films' horror genre classics were filmed.
Formosa Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Taplow, South Bucks District, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5585° or 51° 33′ 31″ northLongitude
-0.6967° or 0° 41′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3XH853+C8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1319182370OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandWikidata ID
Q5470223
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Formosa Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Formosa Island”
- French: “Formosa Island”
- German: “Formosa Island”
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Highlights include Cookham Lock and Mill Eyot.
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