Ash Island
Ash Island is on the River Thames (below Oxford) just past the junction with The Ulverston 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.

| Platts Eyot | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Benn's Island | 5½ furlongs | |
| Hampton Ferry (River Thames) | 5 furlongs | |
| Garrick's Ait | 4½ furlongs | |
| Tagg's Island | 1½ furlongs | |
| Ash Island | ||
| Molesey Lock Weir Entrance | ½ furlongs | |
| Molesey Lock | 1½ furlongs | |
| Molesey Lock Weir Exit | 2 furlongs | |
| Hampton Court Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Hampton Court Moorings | 3½ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Ash Island
Ash Island is a forested, drop-shaped island in the River Thames in England, across the weir of Molesey Lock within Greater London on its border.
In the same way as Hampton Court, Ash Island's post town is East Molesey (KT8) and the island is administratively within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The main weir is at the downstream end of the island connecting to the lock; the second weir is at the upstream end and connects to the Hampton Court bank. Consequently there is a difference of several feet in the water level surrounding the island.
The island is privately owned and has a boatyard on side towards the lock, and moorings on the lower side. Most of the island is densely covered in trees, its maximum length is 236m, maximum width 90m and it is 25m downstream of Tagg's Island.


























![Molesey Weir on the River Thames. A very similar view to [[[619250]]] taken in March 1982. by Philip Halling – 03 September 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/29/67/5296737_a6c6cd1e_120x120.jpg)



