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Phillimore Island is an elongated island in the
River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
in the county of Berkshire, England, near the villages of
Shiplake Shiplake consists of three settlements: Shiplake, Shiplake Cross and Lower Shiplake. Together these villages form a civil parish situated beside the River Thames south of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The river forms the parish bounda ...
, Oxfordshire and
Wargrave Wargrave () is a historic village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The village is primarily on the River Thames but also along the confluence of the River Loddon and lies on the border with southern Oxfordshire. The village has many old ...
, Berkshire. It is on the reach above
Shiplake Lock Shiplake Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England between the villages of Shiplake and Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire. It is just above the points where the River Loddon joins the Thames and Shiplake Railway Bridge cro ...
. The island is named after the
Phillimore Phillimore is the surname of: People: * Augustus Phillimore (1822–1897), Royal Navy admiral * Claud Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore (1911–1994), English architect *Egerton Phillimore (1856–1937), British scholar of Welsh literature and lang ...
family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House, now Shiplake College, on the Oxfordshire bank. Phillimore Island is quite centrally located in the River Thames.


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Islands in the River Thames This article lists the islands in the River Thames, or at the mouth of a tributary (marked †), in England. It excludes human-made islands built as part of the building of forty-five two-gate locks which each accompany a weir, and islets subordi ...


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{{Berkshire-geo-stub Islands of Berkshire Islands of the River Thames Borough of Wokingham