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Raven's Ait is an ait (island) in the Thames between Surbiton, Kingston and Hampton Court Park in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, England, in the reach of the river above Teddington Lock. ==Geography== Raven's Ait is a Thames ait in between Surbiton, Kingston and Hampton Court Park in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in the centre of the non-tidal reach above Teddington Lock.〔(Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage )〕 Continuing southwards along Kingston's traditional High Street is Portsmouth Road alongside which the Queen's Promenade that has narrow gardens which mark the end of a Riverside Path from Richmond to Grove Road, Surbiton. Beside the promenade in front of the river by the ait is the Thames Sailing Club in Kingston. housing only their Thames A Class Raters. Access to the island is from Queen's Promenade, by ferry. Level with the actual clubhouse upstream by the A307 is small area once a draw dock used for transporting goods to the area and the former fresh water works to the south. Seething Wells is the name for the locality of the borough from which the island has direct access.〔 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「Raven's Ait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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