Guards Club Island, also known as Bucks Ait or bucks' eyot is an island in the

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connected by footbridge by to

Maidenhead Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Thames, which at this point forms the border with Buckinghamshire. In the 2021 Census, ...

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accommodating a pier adjoining the Sounding Arch part of the railway bridge which was built in 1838 to designs by Brunel. The thin small island is connected to Guards Club Park by a low

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and wood

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which blocks the near channel (backwater) to boat navigation apart from kayaks. The island gets its alternative name from eel bucks from which the footbridge was adapted in 1865 to allow access to its Guards Club Boathouse (since demolished). The island is special status part of Guards Club Park (a public open space). Access to the island, a

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ing site for water fowl, is restricted between December and June.

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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead parks information

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