Platts Eyot
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Platts Eyot is an island on the River Thames in Hampton, England.
The island was formed from osier beds in the Thames, when excavation of the Middlesex filter beds was dumped on the island, creating the large hill on the island's Western end.
Boatbuilding began on the island in 1866, when Thomas Tagg built a boatyard and house on the Eastern end of the island, earning it the nickname "Tagg's Island".
The island was then owned by Thorneycroft boatbuilders until 1960, who used the island to build a cruiser used in the Normandy landings in World War II.
In 1960 the island was bought by Port Hampton Ltd. who diversified the use of industrial space.
Today the entire island is listed within the River Thames site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, with the Western end of the island being listed as Green Belt.
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