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Eel Pie Island Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Eel Pie Island

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Eel Pie Island history

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Early history

Some mesolithic red deer antler bone bone hand-made implements have been retrieved from the island’s shore. The island is believed to have been around 600 years old. Some of the artefacts have been found on the shore of the island.

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An inn was on the Ait by 1743 and in the 19th century it was a popular stopping point for steamer excursions. When a new inn was built in 1830 it was called a “dingy wooden cottage” or an “unassuming but popular little barn”

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The ait is recorded in at least two distinct parts in detailed maps until the end of the 19th century. The west part was built up in height and measured 7.160 acres (2.9 ha) Its named features were a large Boat House, the Island Hotel, a bowling green in the west and the Thames Electric & Steam Launch Works.

Eel Pie Island Hotel

The island was the site of the Eel Pie Island Hotel, originally a genteel 19th-century three-storey building that later hosted ballroom dancing during the 1920s and 1930s. Famous names who performed at the dance hall between 1957 and 1967 include Long John Baldry’s Hoochie Coochie Men (including Rod Stewart) Black Sabbath, The Edgar Broughton Band, Stray, Genesis, and Hawkwind (then known as Hawkwind Zoo)

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Best Eel Pie Island places to visit

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Eel Pie Island has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Eel Pie Island’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Eel Pie Island’s information audio spots:

Isleworth Cemetery Isleworth Cemetery is a cemetery in Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, England . It is located in the Isleworth area of west London .

Syon Park Syon Park is the garden of Syon House, the London home of the Duke of Northumberland . It was landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century . It is Grade I listed by English Heritage under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 for its special historic interest .

Hampton, London Hampton is a suburban area on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Hampton is served by two railway stations, including one immediately south of Hampton Court Bridge in East Molesey. The Hampton Heated Open Air Pool is one of the few such swimming pools in Greater London.

Ivybridge (Isleworth) Ivybridge, formerly Mogden, is a housing estate in the southern part of Isleworth in West London. Formerly agricultural, it was the site of Mogden Isolation Hospital, later South Middlesex Hospital, from 1897 to 1991. The Ivybridge estate is a council development with four tower blocks, new build houses, and various different play area’s and shopping centers. The area borders between Isleworth and Twickenham, and is close to the home ground of England rugby team.

Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens was built in 1761 by Sir William Chambers as a present for Princess Augusta. The pagoda comprises 10 storeys, totalling 163ft in height. It was closed for repairs in 2006 and reopened in 2018 following major restoration.

Hounslow House The building is the headquarters of Hounslow London Borough Council. It is a municipal facility in Bath Road, Hounslow, London.

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