Chiswick Eyot
Chiswick Eyot is on the River Thames (tidal section) between Braintree and Portsmouth.
Early plans of what would become the River Thames (tidal section) were drawn up by William Jessop in 1876 but problems with Canterbury Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. According to Barry Hunter's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Leicester Embankment is haunted by the ghost of Arthur Yates, a lock-keeper, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

| The Bell and Crown PH | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Oliver's Island | 2 miles, 6¾ furlongs | |
| Kew Railway Bridge | 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Chiswick Bridge | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
| Barnes Railway Bridge | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Chiswick Eyot | ||
| Hammersmith Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Thames - Beverley Brook Junction | 1 mile, 7¼ furlongs | |
| Putney Bridge | 2 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Fulham Railway Bridge | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Thames - Wandle Junction | 3 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Chiswick Eyot
Chiswick Eyot is a 3.266-acre (1.3 ha) narrow, uninhabited ait (river island) in the River Thames. It is a tree- and reed-covered rise on the Tideway by Chiswick, in the Borough of Hounslow, London, England and is overlooked by St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, the Mall (promenade street) of Hammersmith and by some of the Barnes riverside on the far bank. Excluding tidal mudflats and sandbanks, it is the most downstream island purely on the Thames itself (as the Isle of Sheppey, Canvey Island and two nearby islets in the estuary are co-fed by creeks and in the case of Sheppey by complex mouths of the Medway).

![University Boat Race 2010 (2). Level with Chiswick Eyot, the Dark Blues of Oxford lead, but Cambridge are gaining fast.2010 RACE REPORTIn a truly epic battle on the Tideway, Cambridge confounded the bookies by coming from behind to win the 156th Boat Race. Their victory denied Oxford the hat-trick, and increased the Light Blues overall advantage in the series - Cambridge have now won 80 races against Oxford’s 75.Oxford won the toss and chose the Surrey station - always the safer bet when the forecasts promised squally showers with the wind swinging round to the south west. Off the start their stroke, Charlie Burkitt, took the crew off at 47 strokes a minute against Cambridge at 45, and along the boat houses Oxford began to eke out a small advantage. But as the crews settled at 37 and got into their race pace beyond Beverley Brook, Cambridge - on the inside of the Middlesex bend - had drawn level.Oxford now moved into a solid rhythm which gave them a canvas advantage by the time the crews reached Barn Elms. Despite being warned for their steering by umpire Simon Harris, they reached the Mile Post a second ahead of Cambridge, with both crews now rating 35.Oxford were now determined to maximise the advantage of the inside of the Hammersmith bend and, despite a slight push from the Light Blues, went half a length clear at Harrods, and maintained the edge at Hammersmith Bridge, where there was a margin of two seconds between the crews.As Cambridge now dug deep on the outside of the curve to prevent the opposition moving away. Maintaining the higher rate past St Paul’s boathouse they began to close the gap, and Oxford upped their own rate to 36 to stave off the attack. As the forecast choppy conditions prevailed down Corney Reach, so the pressure from Cambridge proved relentless - they continued to close past Chiswick Eyot and narrowed the Oxford lead to just 0.5sec at Chiswick Steps.Cambridge went for another push at the Crossing, which proved the crucial point in the race and this time the Dark Blues could not respond. For the first time Cambridge took the lead, finding new reserves of power in their confident stroke, while an air of desperation crept in to the Oxford boat.Cambridge reached Barnes Bridge two seconds up and the Dark Blues faced the monumental task of moving round the outside of the final bend to recapture the lead. In a final push they upped the rate to 36 and began to close, but a confident response from Cambridge put the result in no doubt. The Light Blues pushed the rate back up to 38 to move away and cross the line four seconds clear in 17 mins 35 secs.Robert Treharne Jones [[1788574]] by Peter Trimming – 03 April 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/78/85/1788555_bdfe7d96_120x120.jpg)





![Old osier bed on Chiswick Eyot. If you look at any 19th century OS map of one of the wetter parts of southern England you will find the words 'osier beds'. This was once a widespread land-use, but I confess this is the only recognisable survival I've ever seen. Osiers were small willows grown in wet situations, managed so that their shoots could be cut once a year for basket making. In earlier centuries market gardening was important in this area, produce being sent to London in locally made baskets. These days the Eyot is a nature reserve, and an effort is being made to maintain the osier 'holt' in something like its former condition.You can walk across to the Eyot at low tide, but you need good boots - and even then you can't avoid getting muddy. In this shot the ground looks dry, but most of the island was covered in a fresh layer of mud, left by a recent high tide.For a view of the Eyot from the Thames shore see: [[2231945]] by Stefan Czapski – 13 January 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/23/17/2231777_08d01c6b_120x120.jpg)






















