Temple Mill Island
Temple Mill Island is on the River Thames (below Oxford) near to Newbury.
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.

| Harleyford Marina | 3 furlongs | |
| Temple Footbridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock Weir Entrance | 2½ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock Weir Exit | 1 furlong | |
| Temple Mill Island | ||
| Temple Mill Island Arm | ¾ furlongs | |
| Higginson Park Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Higginson Park Visitor Moorings (7 day - fee payable) | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Marlow Bridge | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| The Compleat Angler PH | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Wikipedia has a page about Temple Mill Island
Temple Mill Island is an island in the River Thames in England upstream of Marlow, and just downstream of Temple Lock. It is on the southern Berkshire bank close to Hurley.
The island is named after the three watermills that used to be on the island for beating copper and brass. The island now has a modern housing development on it with a marina.
Daniel Defoe referred to the mills in his A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-1727). He referred to the "three very remarkable mills, called Temple-Mills, for making Bisham Abbey Battery-work viz. Brass Kettles and Pans &c of all sorts. And these works were attended with no small success, till in the year 1720, they made a bubble of it; and then it ran the fate of all the Bubbles at that time".






























