The Island (Wraysbury)

The Island is a small residential island in the River Thames near Wraysbury, Berkshire, on a stretch of the river close to Runnymede and Magna Carta Island.

Landscape

Like many of its neighbours on this reach, it is a low, tree-lined island with private homes, reached from the Wraysbury side. Islands in the Thames are called aits or eyots, from the Old English for a small island.

More about The Island

The reach between Old Windsor and Staines is dotted with small inhabited eyots, many of them first built on as holiday homes in the early 20th century.

The reach between Old Windsor and Staines is dotted with small inhabited eyots, many of them first built on as holiday homes in the early 20th century.

Visiting

The Island can be seen from boats on the river and, in places, from the Thames Path. You can collect The Island as a sighting in your Island Passport.

Wildlife and area

The river around the island is home to mute swans, grey herons, kingfishers and great crested grebes, and Daubenton’s bats hunt low over the water at dusk. Nearby islands include Friday Island, Friary Island and Magna Carta Island.