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Holm Island

Holm Island

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Holm Island is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, near Staines. It is on the Buckinghamshire bank, just upstream of Hollyhock Island.

For other uses, see Holm (island).
Holm Island on the right on the approach to the M25 Bridge

A house on it known as "The Nest" was used as a hideaway by the future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the 1930s.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Paul Goldsack for English Heritage River Thames:In the footsteps of the Famous Bradt 2003
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51°26′10.5″N 00°31′39.5″W
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