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Holm Island
Holm
Island
is an
island
in
the River
Thames
in
England
on
the reach
above
Penton Hook Lock
, near
Staines
. It is on the
Buckinghamshire
bank
, just
upstream
of
Hollyhock Island
.
The island
is
noted
because a
house
on it called "The Nest" was used as a
hideaway
by
the future
Edward VIII
and
Wallis Simpson
during the
1930s
.