Monkey Island is a seven-acre island in the middle of the River Thames at Bray-on-Thames in Berkshire; an island which is only accessible via a small footbridge or by boat.

The new-look hotel will include 27 bedrooms and three suites plus a signature restaurant, bar and lounge. A hotel spa will be located in a converted Dutch Barge alongside in the river.

Events facilities will be available for between 10 and 130 delegates. The Pavilion Room will be the largest space seating up to 130 delegates with views across the River Thames and with access to an outside terrace.

The smaller River Room will seat up to 80 delegates and will subdivide into two rooms. It will also have access to its own outside terrace.

There will be two boardrooms on the first floor of the Monkey Island hotel seating up to 14 and 20 delegates respectively.

The name ‘Monkey Island’ derives from the monks who lived on the island until the 16th century.  ‘Grotesque’ monkey paintings were then added to the pavilion whilst the island was under the ownership of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough in the 18th century. The Monkey Island name has survived ever since.

Monkey Island had been operating as a hotel since the middle of the nineteenth century.