# View Island

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{{Short description|Island in the River Thames}}
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thumb|upright|155px|Carved wooden sculpture on View Island.

'''View Island''' is a small island near [Caversham Lock](/source/Caversham_Lock), on the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) at [Reading](/source/Reading%2C_Berkshire), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) in [England](/source/England).<ref name="caversham">[http://www.caversham.org.uk/localphotos/photos_view.html Local Photos — View Island] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724084401/http://www.caversham.org.uk/localphotos/photos_view.html |date=24 July 2011 }}, [http://www.caversham.org.uk/ Caversham.org.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113005445/http://www.caversham.org.uk/ |date=13 January 2011 }}.</ref>

View Island forms part of a series of riverside open spaces, managed by [Reading Borough Council](/source/Reading_Borough_Council), that stretch along one or other side of the River Thames throughout its passage through Reading. From west to east these are [Thameside Promenade](/source/Thameside_Promenade), [Caversham Court](/source/Caversham_Court), [Christchurch Meadows](/source/Christchurch_Meadows%2C_Reading), [Hills Meadow](/source/Hills_Meadow), View Island and [King's Meadow](/source/King's_Meadow%2C_Reading).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reading.gov.uk/leisure/outdoors/parks-outdoor-facilities-open-spaces/ |title=Parks, Outdoor Facilities & Open Spaces |publisher=[Reading Borough Council](/source/Reading_Borough_Council) |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628104835/https://www.reading.gov.uk/leisure/outdoors/parks-outdoor-facilities-open-spaces/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The island was a derelict [boatyard](/source/shipyard) when [Reading Borough Council](/source/Reading_Borough_Council) took it over in 1998 and restored it.<ref name="caversham" /> It is a quiet, relaxing island with grassy paths and seating. It is set out as a small park containing several wooden [chain-saw carved](/source/chainsaw_carving) [sculptures](/source/sculptures), although all but one having rotted away. It connects to [Caversham](/source/Caversham%2C_Berkshire) via [Heron Island](/source/Heron_Island%2C_Berkshire), which has private riverside housing and is connected by road to [Lower Caversham](/source/Lower_Caversham).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Berkshire/Caversham/pictures/1131210 | title=Heron Island, Caversham | accessdate=30 March 2011 | author=Lever, Edward | date=3 February 2011 | website=www.picturesofengland.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.houseprices.co.uk/heron-island-caversham-reading-rg4/ | title=Heron Island Caversham Reading RG4 | accessdate=30 March 2011 | website=www.houseprices.co.uk}}</ref>

A body was found on View Island in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-12561976 | title=Death of man found on Reading footpath 'suspicious' | accessdate=29 March 2011 | date=23 February 2011 | work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) | publisher=[BBC Berkshire](/source/BBC_Berkshire), UK}}</ref>

In 2021, the new [Reading Hydro](/source/Reading_Hydro) community owned hydro-electric power plant opened at the upstream end of the island. At the same time a new and more natural [fish pass](/source/fish_pass) stream was constructed, snaking through View Island.<ref name=overview>{{cite web |url=https://readinghydro.org/technical-summary/ |title=Discover our hydro-electric plant |publisher=Reading Hydro CBS |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214160815/https://readinghydro.org/technical-summary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[Islands in the River Thames](/source/Islands_in_the_River_Thames)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|View Island, Caversham}}
* [http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3007 View Island], [http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/ Reading Forum]

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{{River island start|River=[River Thames](/source/River_Thames)}}
{{River item line|upstream=[De Bohun Island](/source/Caversham_Lock)
|downstream=[Sonning Eye](/source/Sonning_Eye)}}
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Category:Islands of the River Thames
Category:Parks and open spaces in Reading, Berkshire

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