up to Romney Island is an attraction where those fishing have included Isaak Walton who wrote a major work which promoted angling and Charles II in the century before. Thames Path The Thames Path changes sides upstream at the Albert Bridge, into Datchet including Sumptermead, and returns via Victoria Bridge to the right bank. A short stretch of river running past Datchet opposite Home Park, Windsor has no towpath access; this is because the original towpath followed the Windsor bank, but a section was removed by the Windsor Castle Act 1848 which created Home Park and Victoria and Albert Bridges. See also Locks on the River Thames References Locks on the River Thames Old Windsor