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Desborough Island

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Desborough Island is a manmade island in the River Thames on the reach above Sunbury Lock in Surrey, England. [1]

25 relations: Affinity Water, Bank (geography), Culture Club, Cut (earthmoving), D'Oyly Carte Island, Desborough Cut, Elmbridge, England, Environment Agency, Islands in the River Thames, Karma Chameleon, Meander cutoff, Metropolitan Green Belt, Mississippi, River Thames, Shepperton, Sunbury Lock, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Thames Conservancy, University of London, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Wheatley's Ait, William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough.

Affinity Water

Affinity Water is a water supply company owned by a consortium of Allianz, HICL and DIF Tamblin.

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Bank (geography)

In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water.

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Culture Club

Culture Club are an English new wave band that formed in London in 1981.

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Cut (earthmoving)

In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a relative rise (elevated landscape) to an earlier section of the route is cut out to make way for a further section of the route, whether canal, road or railway line.

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D'Oyly Carte Island

D'Oyly Carte Island is a small private island in the River Thames, England, administratively and historically part of Weybridge near its other inhabited islands and part of Old Shepperton, on the reach above Sunbury Lock, 200m downstream of Shepperton Lock.

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Desborough Cut

The Desborough Cut is an artificial channel in the River Thames above Sunbury Lock near Walton on Thames in England.

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Elmbridge

Elmbridge is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1995 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

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Islands in the River Thames

This article lists the islands in the River Thames, in England.

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Karma Chameleon

"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers.

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Meander cutoff

A meander cutoff, the natural form of a cutting or cut in a river occurs when a pronounced meander (hook) in a river is breached by a flow that connects the two closest parts of the hook to form a new channel, a full loop.

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Metropolitan Green Belt

The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Shepperton

Shepperton is a suburban village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in England, southwest of Charing Cross, London, bounded by the Thames to the south and much of the east and which is in the northwest bisected by the M3 motorway.

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Sunbury Lock

Sunbury Lock is a lock complex of the River Thames in England near Walton-on-Thames in north-west Surrey, the third lowest of forty four on the non-tidal reaches.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council is the county council administering certain services in the non-metropolitan county of Surrey in England.

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Thames Conservancy

The Thames Conservancy (formally the Conservators of the River Thames) was a historical body responsible for the management of the River Thames in England.

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University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

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Walton-on-Thames

Walton-on-Thames is a large affluent market town located on the River Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England.

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Weybridge

Weybridge is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey.

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Wheatley's Ait

Wheatley's Ait or Wheatley Eyot is an ait (island) in the River Thames of approximately on the reach above Sunbury Lock, close to the northern side and in the post town Sunbury-on-Thames however in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England.

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William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough

William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, (30 October 1855 – 9 January 1945) was a British athlete, sportsman, public servant and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough_Island

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