Rivermead Island

The island is a meadow lightly covered with trees with dense patches, shrubbery and reeds at each end.

[1] It is a long area of open riverside on the side of the river opposite the Thames Path — from here the point of Sunbury Lock Island can be seen.

Hurst Park on the 'Hampton stretch' of the reach is the other main flood meadow partly inhabited by tower block flat owners on the south bank, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream.

Most other inhabited islands have more elevated plots preventing or reducing the extent of fluvial (riparian) flooding.

[3] To augment the conveniences of public houses and restaurants in the village on the thin strip of land north of the island a Borough Council-managed and owned car park is behind a low wall facing the upper end on the Sunbury bank.