{{Short description|Island in the River Thames, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Coord|51.741686|-1.24555|display=title}} thumb|The entrance to Aston's Eyot from Jackdaw Lane.
'''Aston's Eyot''' is a {{convert|33|acre|adj=on}} island on the east bank of the River Thames in the city of Oxford, England, southeast of Christ Church Meadow.<ref name="thames.me.uk">{{cite web| title=Aston's Eyot, Greenbank | url=https://thames.me.uk/s01668.htm | work=Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide | location=UK | accessdate=2 September 2014 }}</ref>
''Eyot'' is another spelling of ait meaning small island. The island is roughly triangular, bounded to the northwest by the River Cherwell and to the southeast by the Shirelake Ditch.<ref name="thames.me.uk" /> There is a mixture of habitats, part woodland, part open/scrub.
The site is leased by Oxford City Council from Christ Church. At the turn of the 19th/20th centuries it was used as a rubbish tip.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/venue/1779/Astons_Eyot | title=Aston's Eyot | publisher=Daily Information | location=UK | accessdate=2 September 2014 }}</ref>
It is currently owned by the friends of Aston's Eyot who operate it as a nature reserve <ref>https://friendsofastonseyot.org/</ref>
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==External links== * [https://friendsofastonseyot.org.uk/ Friends of Aston's Eyot]
Category:Islands of the River Thames Category:Parks and open spaces on the River Thames Category:Parks and open spaces in Oxford Category:Nature reserves in Oxfordshire Category:Christ Church Meadow, Oxford