{{Short description|Island in the River Thames, England}} {{other uses|Holm (island)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} right|thumb|Holm Island on the right on the approach to the M25 Bridge '''Holm Island''' is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Penton Hook Lock, near Staines. It is on the Buckinghamshire bank, just upstream of Hollyhock Island.
It is privately owned, and has a 5 bedroom 5000 sq ft house - which was marketed for sale at £3m in August 2025 along with Hollyhock Island.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryder |first=Liam |date=2025-08-18 |title=Private island hideaway used as royal getaway paradise up for sale |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/beautiful-private-island-hideaway-used-35739399 |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}}</ref> On the next door, smaller island of Hollyhock was once a house known as "The Nest", which was used as a hideaway by the future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the 1930s.<ref>Paul Goldsack for English Heritage ''River Thames:In the footsteps of the Famous'' Bradt 2003</ref>
The island regularly floods, and the house built has been designed with a ground floor of void spaces designed to allow the flow of water if and when the island floods. When marketed for sale, it was shared that any future owner might wish to transform the existing house or demolish and re-build a flood-resilient or eco-amphibious house.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holm Island & Hollyhock Island - Kai Carter Estates |url=https://www.kaicarterestates.com/properties/holm-island/ |access-date=2025-08-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also== *Islands in the River Thames
==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Holm Island, River Thames|Holm Island}} {{River item box |River = River Thames |upstream=The Island, Hythe End |thisis=Holm Island<br />Hollyhock Island |location = TQ023718 |type=island |downstream=Church Island}}
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Category:Islands of the River Thames