Astoria (houseboat)
Houseboat on the River Thames, London
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Astoria is a grand houseboat moored on the River Thames at Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, between Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare and St Alban's Riverside. Astoria was built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno, proprietor of the short-lived Karsino Hotel on nearby Tagg's Island. Astoria was purchased in 1986 by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, who converted the houseboat into a floating recording studio, recording and mixing several Pink Floyd and solo albums on board, including A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell.
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Hampton, London
Suburb of Greater London, England
0.8 mi away
River Mole
Tributary of the River Thames in southern England
1.1 mi away
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
London borough in United Kingdom
1.1 mi away
National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)
National measurement institution of the UK
1.2 mi away
Tagg's Island
Island in the River Thames in London, England
0.3 mi away
Longford River
River in England
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