The Island, Egham

Name: The Island
Address: Egham, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Egham

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Facts and practical information

The Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, a part of the Hythe End part of Wraysbury village and civil parish, Berkshire. It is connected to that side of the river and although part of Berkshire was, like the village, part of Buckinghamshire before 1974. ()

Coordinates: 51°26'31"N, 0°32'49"W

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Egham United Kingdom

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The Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Runnymede, Founder's Building, Air Forces Memorial, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption.

0.5 miW
Park
Runnymede, Egham
13 min walk • Nestled in the lush greenery of Englefield Green in Egham, Runnymede is a historical site that resonates deeply with the roots of British democracy. It is here, on this picturesque meadowland along the banks of the River Thames, that the Magna Carta was sealed by King...
1.4 miSW
Square, Gothic Revival architecture
Founder's Building, Egham
36 min walk • The Founder's Building is the original building of Royal Holloway College, University of London, in Egham, Surrey, England. It is an example of French-Renaissance-style architecture in the United Kingdom, having been modelled on French chateaus such as Château de Chambord.
0.8 miW
Cemetery, View point, Memorial
Air Forces Memorial, Egham
22 min walk • The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Empire who were lost in air and other operations during World War II.
1.2 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Egham
32 min walk • The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in Englefield Green, Surrey. It is situated on St Cuthbert's Close and faces Harvest Road in the older side of the village close to Egham Hill. It was built from 1930 to 1931 and designed by Joseph Goldie.
1.3 miE
Church
St. Mary's Church, Staines-upon-Thames
33 min walk • St Mary's, Staines, is a Church of England parish church in the town and parish of Staines-upon-Thames, in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and the Greater London Urban Area. The parish is in the Archdeaconry of Middlesex in the Diocese of London. The church building is on an unusual rise against the Thames at the west end of the town.
0.5 miNW
Tree
Ankerwycke Yew, Egham
12 min walk • The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of 8 metres at 0.3 metres. The tree is at least 1,400 years old, and could be as old as 2,500 years.
1.4 miSW
Architecture, Universities and schools
Royal Holloway, Egham
35 min walk • Royal Holloway, University of London, formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
0.7 miS
Church
St John's Church, Egham
18 min walk • St. John's Church, Egham or St. John the Baptist, Egham or St. John's Church is an evangelical Anglican church located in the centre of Egham, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. There are approximately 320 members on the Electoral Roll and a usual Sunday attendance in the region of 300.
0.9 miSE
Island
Hollyhock Island, Staines-upon-Thames
24 min walk • Hollyhock Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach between Bell Weir Lock and Penton Hook Lock.
1.2 miE
Island
Church Island, Staines-upon-Thames
32 min walk • Church Island or Church Eyot is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock in Staines-upon-Thames, Spelthorne, Surrey. It is in the upper part of the reach.
0.6 miSE
Bridge
M25 Runnymede Bridge, Egham
16 min walk • The M25 Runnymede Bridge is a motorway, A-road and pedestrian and cycle bridge, built in the 1960s and 1980s and expanded in the 2000s, carrying the M25 and A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the Staines upon Thames and Egham reach of the river.

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Which popular attractions are close to The Island?

Nearby attractions include Ankerwycke Yew, Egham (12 min walk), Runnymede, Egham (13 min walk), M25 Runnymede Bridge, Egham (16 min walk), Strode's College, Egham (18 min walk).

How to get to The Island by public transport?

The nearest stations to The Island:

Bus

The Avenue • Lines: 500, 566, 567, 8A (15 min walk)
Egham High Street • Lines: 441, 500, 566, 567, 8, 8A (17 min walk)

Train

Egham (22 min walk)
Wraysbury (29 min walk)