This is in fact just the bank of the River Thames and for bathing the water is very shallow here. The reason for the naming of this site is commemorated on the granite memorial seen on the right hand side of the photo. For details of the memorial see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1804183 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1804185
Uploaded to Geograph by don cload on 10 April 2010
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