Desborough Island

Local nameDesborough Island
LocationShepperton, UK

Desborough Island is a 112-acre manmade island in the River Thames on the reach above Sunbury Lock in Surrey, England. It was formed in the 1930s by the digging of a channel – the Desborough Cut – by the Thames Conservancy as a meander cutoff of narrow width on the right bank. The island and cut are named after Lord Desborough, a chairman of the Thames Conservancy.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough_Island

Coordinates 51°23'7.562" N -0°26'39.044" E

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