Swan Island, London
Swan Island is a private mooring island in the Thames at Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England. It is on the Tideway[a] about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) north of and thus below Teddington Lock.
The island has a commercial boatyard in addition to residential mooring for boats. It is connected to the Twickenham bank by a small bridge, which is suitable for vehicles as well as foot traffic.
Originally an osier bed, it measured 1⁄4 acre (0.10 ha) per Ordnance Survey maps of 1897[1] and 1898.[2][3]
A larger island stood north-west which has become the playground, bowling green, café and park Radnor Gardens, Strawberry Hill/Vale.
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[edit]Citations and footnotes
[edit]- ^ OS Map of London at 25 inches to the mile (Edition of 1894-96) sheet CXXII, Revised: 1893, Published: 1897
- ^ OS Map of Surrey at 25 inches to the mile sheet VI.7, Revised: 1893, Published: 1898
- ^ "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland".
- ^ Thus patrolled by the Port of London Authority, not the EA
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