Belle Isle
Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of around 150 feet (50 metres)
- Description: island on Windermere in the Lake District, United Kingdom
- Also known as“Great Island”“Long Holme”“Longholm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere and Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.
St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere
Church
St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England.
Claife Heights
Peak
Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Storrs.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for…
Storrs
Hamlet
Storrs is a hamlet in the civil parish of Windermere…
Near and Far Sawrey
Village
Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Near and Far Sawrey is situated 1½ miles southwest of Belle Isle.
Belle Isle
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Latitude
54.36151° or 54° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.93446° or 2° 56′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C6V9368+J6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Belle Isle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Belle Isle”
- Dutch: “Belle Isle”
- German: “Belle Isle”
- Italian: “Belle Isle”
- Italian: “Great Island”
- Italian: “Long Holme”
- Italian: “Longholm”
- Japanese: “ベルアイル”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belle Isle i Windermere”
- Swedish: “Belle Isle, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Belle Isle”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bass Howe and Low Pate Crag.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Snake Holme and Windermere Quays.
Cumbria: Highlights
Learn more about Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.
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