Phillimore Island

Phillimore Island from the Shiplake bank

Phillimore Island is an elongated island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England near the villages of Shiplake, Oxfordshire and Wargrave, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock.^[1]

The island is named after the Phillimore family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House, now Shiplake College, on the Oxfordshire bank.^[2]

Although Phillimore island is quite centrally located in the River Thames, it is actually in Oxfordshire.^[3]

See also

• Islands in the River Thames

References

1. Cove-Smith, Chris (1996). The River Thames Book. St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurai Norie & Wilson. p. 92 (Map 14). ISBN 0-85288-286-6.
2. Fred. S. Thacker, Fred S. (1920). The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs. Republished 1968, David & Charles.
3. Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas. Geographer' A-Z Map Company. 1995. p. 15. ISBN 0-85039-277-2.

External links

• Photograph by Henry Taunt from English Heritage

Coordinates: 51°29′53″N 0°53′25″W / 51.49806°N 0.89028°W