Romney Island Explained

Romney Island is an island in the River Thames in England connected to Romney Lock, at Windsor, Berkshire. It is a long thin island with trees and scrub, with the upstream end in Windsor and the downstream end almost at Black Potts.

The island has always been a popular place for angling and Isaak Walton used to fish from here.[1] The island separates the weir stream from the navigation channel to the lock. Proposals to build a hydro scheme at the weir dated from 2004, with various revised schemes put forward since then.[2] A revised scheme, using Archimedes screws, went ahead in 2011 and began generating power in 2013.[3] [4]

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51.4905°N -0.6049°W

Notes and References

  1. Paul Goldsack River Thames: In the Footsteps of the Famous English Heritage/Bradt 2003
  2. http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/thames/romneyhydro.html Proposals for hydro power scheme
  3. News: The Queen goes green: hydroelectric turbines arrive at Windsor Castle. The Daily Telegraph. 8 September 2011.
  4. News: Windsor Castle running on Thames hydropower. BBC News. 5 November 2013.