Trowlock Island
Trowlock Island is on the River Thames (below Oxford) just past the junction with The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

| Kingston Moorings | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Thames - Hogsmill Junction | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Kingston Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Kingston Railway Bridge | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Steven's Eyot | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Trowlock Island | ||
| Teddington Lock Weir Entrance | 3½ furlongs | |
| The Anglers PH (Teddington) | 4½ furlongs | |
| Teddington Lock Footbridge (east) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Teddington Lock | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Teddington Lock Weir Exit | 6¾ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
Wikipedia has a page about Trowlock Island
Trowlock Island is a residential island in the River Thames 450 metres (490 yd) upstream of Teddington Lock on the non-tidal Kingston reach less than 10 metres from the northern bank, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.






























![The Half Mile Tree - sign. [[2654516]] Sign about half a mile from Kingston on the Thames Path. by Eirian Evans – 13 October 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/65/45/2654519_6ad2e169_120x120.jpg)