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Monkey Island Hotel, November venue
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A Riverside Retreat By 1840, the Pavilion had become a riverside inn, welcoming guests via a ferry that docked on the island’s south bank. The island began to attract attention, and was mentioned in a variety of publications that mused over happenings and sights along the Thames. As James Thorne described in “Rambles by Rivers: The Thames” in 1849: “Below Bray our river brightens more and more till we reach Windsor. On the way are not many notable things. The first we come to is an island at which pleasure-parties usually land, and which is often visited by the angler.” By the time Mrs Plummer was running the hotel from the late 1800s to 1910, the island had already become a fashionable spot, thanks in part to Edward VII and Queen Alexandra taking tea on the lawns. As the river became increasingly used for pleasure, so the island became popular with river users who enjoyed refreshments there after an afternoon of rowing. Read all about the Fabulous Monkey Island Hotel at Bray: http://monkeyisland.co.uk |
  
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