Roa Island
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.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Watch Tower and Tower House.
Barrow Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Ercesuzan, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rampside and Headin Haw.
Headin Haw
Locality
Headin Haw, also spelled Headen Haw, is part of the Islands of Furness. Headin Haw is situated 2 miles northwest of Roa Island.
Biggar
Village
Roa Island
- Type: Village with 100 residents
- Description: island in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.0742° or 54° 4′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.17437° or 3° 10′ 28″ west
Population
100
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C6R3RFG+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Roa Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Roa Island”
- French: “Roa Island”
- French: “Roa”
- German: “Roa Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roa Island”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Concle and Piel Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Roa Island Boating Club and Concle Bank.
Cumbria: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.
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