Hollyhock Island
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Hollyhock Island is an uninhabited island, about 50 yards long, in the River Thames belonging to Buckinghamshire. It is situated on the reach above Penton Hook Lock. It is in a small channel between the northern (Buckinghamshire) bank of the Thames and the larger Holm Island,[1] close to the town of Staines across the border to the east in Middlesex.
It is about 440 yards downstream of the M25 Runnymede Bridge.[2]
The island is noted for the house "The Nest", which was used as a hideaway by the future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the 1930s.[3]
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References
- Location map: 51°26’11"N, 0°31’40"W
- ↑ Cove-Smith, Chris (2006). The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ISBN 978-0-85288-892-6.
- ↑ Grid Reference Finder distance tools
- ↑ Paul Goldsack for English Heritage River Thames: In the footsteps of the Famous, Bradt Travel Guides, 2003.
