Sheep Island
Sheep Island is an uninhabited grassy island of around 15 acres, located just over 1⁄4 mile from the shore of Walney Island, opposite Snab Point. It is one of the Islands of Furness and is in Westmorland and Furness in Cumbria in northwest England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piel Island and Piel Castle.
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.
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.
South Walney
Nature reserve
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Walney is one of two nature reserves on Walney Island, England. The nature reserve has an area of 130 ha leased from Holker estates. It has been managed by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust since 1963.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Biggar.
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.
Biggar
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England. Along with the village of North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island. Biggar is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheep Island.
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. Rampside is situated 2 miles northeast of Sheep Island.
Sheep Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.0649° or 54° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.20196° or 3° 12′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6R3Q7X+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 3099419OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Polish—“Sheep Island” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “האי שיפ (אנגליה)”
- Hebrew: “האי שיפ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheep Island i England”
- Polish: “Sheep Island”
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Highlights include Snab Point and Scar End Point.
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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 “Sheep Island”. Photo: ramsd, CC BY 2.0.