Foulney Island
Foulney Island is a low-lying grass and shingle area 1 mile to the south-east of Roa Island, off the southern tip of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, England.Places of Interest
Highlights include Piel Castle and Piel Island.
Piel Castle
Castle
Photo: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England.
Piel Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piel Island lies in Morecambe Bay, around 1⁄2 mile off the southern tip of the Furness peninsula in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It is one of the Islands of Furness, three of which sit near to Piel at the mouth of Walney Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Rampside.
Roa Island
Village
Photo: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roa Island lies just over half a mile south of the village of Rampside at the southernmost point of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, formerly in the county of Lancashire north of the sands.
Rampside
Village
Photo: Vishnumukundan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampside is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located a few miles south-east of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the north-western corner of Morecambe Bay on the Furness peninsula.
Headin Haw
Locality
Headin Haw, also spelled Headen Haw, is part of the Islands of Furness. It is a small tidal island approximately 200 metres off the coast of Cumbria, England, adjacent to the town of Barrow-in-Furness.
Foulney Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in England
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.06683° or 54° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.15218° or 3° 9′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C6R3R8X+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 48394268OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2649141Wikidata ID
Q8564974
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Foulney Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Foulney Island”
- Dutch: “Foulney Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foulney Island”
- Swedish: “Foulney Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Slictch Ridge and Piel Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Ship Inn and Barrow Lifeboat Station.
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