Queen's Eyot is an island in the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, s ...
in England on the reach above
Boveney Lock, just upstream of
Oakley Court
Oakley Court is a Gothic Revival architecture, Victorian Gothic country house set in overlooking the River Thames at Water Oakley in the civil parish of Bray, Berkshire, Bray in the England, English county of Berkshire. It was built in 1859 and ...
near
Windsor
Windsor may refer to:
Places
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*Windsor, New South Wales
** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area Queen ...
,
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...
.
The island is owned by
Eton College
Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...
and contains a club house that is available for hire for functions.
See also
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Islands in the River Thames
This article lists the islands in the River Thames, or at the mouth of a tributary (marked †), in England. It excludes human-made islands built as part of the building of forty-five two-gate locks which each accompany a weir, and islets subordi ...
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Queens Eyot
Islands of Berkshire
Islands of the River Thames
Bray, Berkshire
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