Gigger’s Island
Gigger's Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The island is situated near to the Frome and Piddle rivers, near to the opening of Poole Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holton Heath railway station and Wareham railway station.
Holton Heath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Notjustamemory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holton Heath railway station serves the area of Holton Heath in Wareham St Martin, Dorset, England. It is 118 miles 61 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
Wareham railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wareham railway station serves the historic market town of Wareham, in Dorset, England. It is situated about 0.6 miles north of the town centre and 120 miles 70 chains down the line from London Waterloo on the South West Main Line. Wareham railway station is situated 2 miles west of Gigger’s Island.
Arne RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arne RSPB reserve is a 5.634-square-kilometre nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest maintained by the RSPB and located in Dorset. It was notified as an SSSI in 1986 and the estuarine reedbeds within the site are designated as a national nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridge and Wareham.
Ridge
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham.
Wareham
Wareham is a romantic and unforgettable old town in Dorset, UK. It lives within its earthen walls, with ramparts north, east and west and a river to the south.
Sandford
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandford is a village in the English county of Dorset, on the A351 road some two miles from Wareham and seven miles from Poole. Sandford forms the only significant settlement within the civil parish of Wareham St. Sandford is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gigger’s Island.
Gigger’s Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Poole Harbour, England
- Categories: island, grassland, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Wareham St Martin, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69097° or 50° 41′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.07287° or 2° 4′ 22″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C2VMWRG+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 3351494OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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