River Thames: Eel Pie Island
Introduction
The photograph on this page of River Thames: Eel Pie Island by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 25 Apr 2006
Once known as Twickenham Ait, and about 1,800 feet or about 500 metres long, the island was only reachable by boat until 1957, when a footbridge was built. This footbridge, built in 1998, replaced that one.