Ham Island

Not to be confused with Ham, London.

Ham Island and The Cut

Map showing the location of Ham Island within Berkshire.

Ham Island, is an island in the River Thames in England. It was created when the course of the river was diverted, via a cut, to avoid a weir and provide a navigable route through to Old Windsor Lock.

Today land use is divided between 37 privately-owned dwellings. The original houses on the island, now almost entirely rebuilt in a more luxurious style, were quite modest- many holiday homes. The island is also the site of a water treatment plant. This locality is referred to in Three Men in a Boat when, passing through the lock, they spy Windsor Castle in the distance. This trip is still popular today.

Ham Island is some distance away from the London suburb of Ham in Richmond upon Thames.

See also

• Islands in the River Thames

Bibliography

• The Ham Island Cookery Collection (Ed Noble,S) 1998 Old Windsor, H.I.R.A
• Buildings of Old Windsor Gilson, M Old Windsor, M.F. Gilson, 1995 ISBN 0953691209

Gallery

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  The Turning Circle

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  The Sewage works

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  Towards the Bridge

Next island upstream	River Thames	Next island downstream
Lion Island (Old Windsor)	Ham Island	Friday Island