Sunbury Court Island
Sunbury Court Island is on the River Thames (below Oxford) near to Port Talbot.
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.

| Sunbury Lock Weir Entrance | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Sunbury Lock Ait Footbridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Sunbury Lock | 4 furlongs | |
| Sunbury Lock Weir Exit | 3½ furlongs | |
| Rivermead Island | 2½ furlongs | |
| Sunbury Court Island | ||
| Grand Junction Isle | 2 furlongs | |
| Platts Eyot | 1 mile | |
| Benn's Island | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Hampton Ferry (River Thames) | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Garrick's Ait | 1 mile, 3¾ 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
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Sunbury Court Island is a long, pedestrianised residential island of houses and bungalows in the River Thames in England on the 'Sunbury and Hampton' or 'Molesey' reach, above Molesey Lock in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England.



![Sunbury Court Island: Footbridge and Tower. Sunbury Court Island used to be part of the estate of Sunbury Court [[1084902]] until the death of its last private owner in 1910. The island's potential as a site for attractive riverside homes was subsequently recognised and construction was rapid after the end of the First World War. The 1920 Edition of the Ordnance Survey mapping shows the island as bare but by 1934 its entire length had been built on. However the dangers of living on an island in the Thames were brought home during the devastating floods of December 1927 when all the newly built bungalows had to be evacuated.This is the footbridge and only dry access to the island. In the distance is the entrance tower, which was actually built to house a sewage pump, not to repel invaders...The house on the downstream tip of the island was once owned by Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels, who were the stars of the BBC radio comedy series ‘Life with the Lyons’ from 1951 to 1961. by Nigel Cox – 07 December 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/08/49/1084928_e036da80_120x120.jpg)






![Houses on Sunbury Court Island. The beautiful building behind is Sunbury Court in square [[TQ1169]]. This C18th mansion is now a conference centre by Rod Allday – 23 June 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/50/59/2505930_93bb8adf_120x120.jpg)

![The Thames Path opposite Sunbury Court Island. Shows the location of [[5857738]] (right). by Mike Quinn – 06 June 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/85/77/5857745_22a066cf_120x120.jpg)




![Coal tax boundary obelisk no.97, Thames Path opposite Sunbury Court Island. The location of this obelisk is shown in [[5857745]] and [[5857751]].The obelisk is Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1377504 .There are over 200 coal tax boundary markers located around London, only 5 (extant) of which are small granite obelisks; these are located by canals and navigable rivers. Most of the boundary markers are 3 ft high white-painted bollards http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=86542993&page=1 . The posts were erected under the Coal and Wine Duties (Continuation) Act of 1861 to mark the points at which duty had to be paid on coal being transported to London. The boundary was set at that of the Metropolitan Police District, and the resulting revenue was used by the Corporation of the City of London to fund public works. For further info see http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html . by Mike Quinn – 06 June 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/85/77/5857738_7eb304b0_120x120.jpg)
![Coal tax boundary obelisk no.97, Thames Path opposite Sunbury Court Island - inscription. See [[5857738]]. by Mike Quinn – 06 June 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/85/77/5857741_944d836a_120x120.jpg)




![The Thames Path opposite Sunbury Court Island (2). Shows the location of [[5857738]] (left). by Mike Quinn – 06 June 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/85/77/5857751_cbf14543_120x120.jpg)






