Buck Ait is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock near Sonning.
Buck Ait at the upstream end as it comes in to the bank.
Buck Ait at the downstream end broken into islets.
Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like
Buck Ait
…Buck Ait is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock near Sonning. The island is uninhabited and tree-covered. It lies low, acting as a water-meadow in times of flood, opposite houses with large river frontages. Its…
The River Thames, Sonning
Print of Sonning Bridge (1799) with the tower of St Andrew's Church, Sonning, in the background.
The playwright Sir Terence Rattigan, who lived at The Red House in Sonning, 1945–47.