Looe Island
Looe Island nature reserve, also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island nature reserve a mile from the mainland town of Looe off Cornwall, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pyrotek, Public domain.
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- Type: Island
- Description: a small island a mile from the mainland town of Looe off Cornwall, England.
- Also known as: “Saint George Island”, “Saint Georges Island”, “St George’s Island”, and “St Michael’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Banjo Pier and Old Guildhall, Looe.
Banjo Pier
Lighthouse
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A Banjo Pier is a pier in the shape of a banjo. The most notable example is probably the Banjo Pier in Looe, Cornwall, England, as it was the first and thus the prototype for many others around the world.
Old Guildhall, Looe
Museum
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary's Church is a former Church of England parish church in Looe, Cornwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Looe and West Looe.
Looe
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe is a picturesque town on the coast of South Cornwall. Looe's main business is tourism, with much of the town given over to hotels, guest houses and holiday homes, along with a large number of pubs, restaurants and beach equipment, ice cream and Cornish pasty vendors.
Plaidy
Suburb
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Looe Island
- Categories: nature reserve, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.33721° or 50° 20′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.4498° or 4° 26′ 59″ westOperator
Cornwall Wildlife TrustOpen location code
9C2Q8HP2+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 239279393OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2638794Wikidata ID
Q4618058
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Looe Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Looe uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Looe Island”
- Cornish: “Ynys Logh”
- Dutch: “Looe Island”
- Latin: “Lammana”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Looe Island”
- Swedish: “Looe Island”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Looe Island”. Photo: Pyrotek, Public domain.