Abbey River Tideway where there are two larger islands. It is much smaller than Canvey Island and the Isle of Sheppey and narrowly ahead of Andersey Island facing Abingdon-on-Thames, another market town with an abbey which had multiple medieval mills, another of note being Westminster Abbey, the island of which Thorney Island no longer exists. The outfall of the Abbey River is 400 m above Chertsey Bridge, into the weir pool of Chertsey Weir. The manmade strictly-considered "island" the bypass channel forms is outranked in size since the 2002 completion of the Jubilee River by the example containing Dorney and Eton, Berkshire.
Canvey Island 2003 painted clay sculpture titled "Canvey Island". Canvey was also home to a Prada fashion shoot in 2014 starring James McAvoy, and featured in BBC's Silent Witness shown on 2 & 3 February 2015. Canvey Island has two senior semi-professional football teams in Canvey Island F.C. ('The Gulls') and Concord Rangers F.C. ('The Beachboys'). The oldest of the two clubs (founded in 1926) Canvey Island F.C. currently play a step lower than their newer rivals (Concord Rangers F.C. being founded in 1967) in the Isthmian League Premier Division, whilst 'The Beachboys' compete in The Conference South. Despite Canvey Island F.C.