De Bohun Island

Caversham Lock is a lock and main weir on the River Thames in England at Reading, Berkshire. Both the lock and main weir are connected to De Bohun Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reading Railway Station and Reading Abbey.

Reading Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: DavidTDC3377, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England, it is 36 miles west of London Paddington. It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames.

Reading Abbey

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries.

Reading Museum

Museum

Photo: Leslie, CC BY 2.0.

Reading Museum is a museum of the history of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and the surrounding area. It is accommodated within Reading Town Hall, and contains galleries describing the history of Reading and its related industries…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Earley and Caversham.

Earley

Suburb

Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council.

Caversham

Suburb

Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.

Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Woodley

Town

Photo: Mike McMillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, in Berkshire, England. Woodley is 4 miles east of Reading and adjoined to Earley which is 2 miles to the west of the town and Woodley is 5 miles from Wokingham.

De Bohun Island

Type: Island
Also known as: “Caversham Lock Island”
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4608° or 51° 27′ 39″ north

Longitude

-0.9652° or 0° 57′ 55″ west

Open location code

9C3XF26M+8W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 97548759

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

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