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Hollyhock Island is a long, narrow, inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, administratively in the extreme eastern end of Wraysbury, Berkshire in the middle of a small backwater, close to the northern bank. The centre of the town of Staines-upon-Thames is approximately five times nearer than the centre of Wraysbury village, of which the island is part.〔(Grid square map ) Ordnance survey website (wooded island marked to left of map). Retrieved 2013-07-13〕 The island is on what was the traditional Buckinghamshire bank (used upstream as far as Henley in the sport of rowing) upstream of Staines Bridge and 400 m downstream of the M25 Runnymede Bridge〔(Grid Reference Finder ) distance tools. Retrieved 2013-07-13〕 and is neighboured by the small Holm Island in the middle of part of its northern backwater.〔 The island is noted for its largest house of the two main plots, "The Nest", which was used as a hideaway by the future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the 1930s.〔Paul Goldsack for English Heritage ''River Thames: In the footsteps of the Famous'', Bradt, 2003. 〕 ==See also== *Islands in the River Thames 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holm Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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