{{Short description|Island in the River Thames, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} 300px|thumb|The Lynch from downstream.

'''The Lynch''' is an island in the River Thames in Berkshire, England. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock near Lower Shiplake.<ref>{{cite book | title=The River Thames Book | publisher=Imray Laurai Norie & Wilson | author=Cove-Smith, Chris | year=1996 | location=St Ives, Cambridgeshire | page=92 (Map 14) | isbn=0-85288-286-6}}</ref>

The island is large and triangular shaped, forming a pair with the similar Hallsmead Ait. It is uninhabited and tree covered and provides mooring on both sides in the back channel. Although the island is positioned towards the Oxfordshire bank of the river, it is actually in Berkshire.<ref>{{cite book |title=Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas |publisher=Geographer' A-Z Map Company | year=1995 |page=15 |isbn=0-85039-277-2}}</ref>

==See also== *Islands in the River Thames

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons cat|The Lynch}} {{Start box}} {{River island start|River=River Thames}} {{River item line|upstream= Hallsmead Ait |downstream=Phillimore Island}} {{End box}}

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