Grand Junction Isle is a small island in the

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on the reach above

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Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury-on-Thames, known locally as Sunbury, is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England, southwest of central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, in 1965 Sunbury and other su ...

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. It is just downstream of

Sunbury Court Island Sunbury Court Island is a long, pedestrianised residential island of houses and bungalows in the River Thames in England on the 'Sunbury and Hampton' or 'Molesey' reach, above Molesey Lock in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England. __NOTOC__ Attrib ...

, which is three times longer and also close to the north bank.

Geography

The island is more of a

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than

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. At its greatest extent it is 35m long and 15m wide. Within the low lying, tree-covered, somewhat tenuous land of the island are six weekend chalets of garden summerhouse size with mooring spaces. It is linked to the northern bank, the residential far south-east of Sunbury, by a footbridge.Grid square map

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website

History

The island takes its name from the

Grand Junction Waterworks Company The Grand Junction Waterworks Company was a utility company supplying water to parts of west London in England. The company was formed as an offshoot of the Grand Junction Canal Company in 1811 and became part of the publicly owned Metropolit ...

which was one of three companies operating its '

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Water Works' which straddle the Hampton/Sunbury border such that the border has been moved to accommodate the westernmost reservoir within Hampton. The company built a water intake on the island to feed that reservoir and others, which in turn feed into filter beds, filters and advanced chemical and electromagnetic treatment works owned and operated by

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. The island had been "Purvis Ait". It is currently owned by The Environment Agency.

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The Thames from Hampton Court to Sunbury Lock
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Geography

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