Peel Island
Peel Island is one of the three islands of Coniston Water in the English Lake District, Cumbria. The two others are Fir Island and Oak Island. It is most famous for being one of the inspirations for Arthur Ransome's Wild Cat Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Coniston Water, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Peel Island, Cumbria” and “Wild Cat Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Top o’Selside and Kelly Hall Tarn.
Top o’Selside
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Top o'Selside is a hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. At 335 metres, it is the highest point of the group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere.
Kelly Hall Tarn
Photo: Michael Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelly Hall Tarn is a pool in Cumbria, England, to the west of Coniston Water. It is located about one km south-south-east of the village of Torver, on Torver Back Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nibthwaite and Satterthwaite.
Nibthwaite
Village
Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nibthwaite is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria in the northwest of England. It is in the civil parish of Colton, and on the east side of Coniston Water.
Satterthwaite
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead.
Grizedale
Hamlet
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grizedale is a hamlet in the Lake District of North West England, in the middle of the Grizedale Forest, located north of Satterthwaite and south of Hawkshead.
Peel Island
- Categories: lake island, locality, and landform
- Location: Colton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.31759° or 54° 19′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.08511° or 3° 5′ 6″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C6R8W97+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 61603377OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Peel Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮爾島 (坎布里亞郡)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peel Island i Cumbria”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as High Peel Near and Low Peel Near.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peel Near Wood and Anna’s Wood.
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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 “Peel Island”. Photo: ramsd, CC BY 2.0.