Handbuck Eyot

Handbuck Eyot

Handbuck Eyot or Handbuck Ait is an island in the River Thames in England near the villages of Shiplake, Oxfordshire and Wargrave, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Marsh Lock.

The island is wooded and inaccessible except by boat, but has been included in the property of the large houses on the Shiplake bank.

ee also

*Islands in the River Thames

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