Burrow Island
Burrow Island is a tidal island in Gosport, United Kingdom. The island overlooks Portsmouth Harbour. At low tide a spit connects it with Priddy's Hard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: tidal island in Gosport overlooking Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rat Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Victory and HMS Warrior.
HMS Victory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.
HMS Warrior
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire.
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Museum
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower is situated in the former Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Priddy's Hard, in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It now forms part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gosport and Hardway.
Gosport
Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gosport is a town in Hampshire, a short water ride away from Portsmouth. Although not a traditional destination, it does have some attractions if you are interested in maritime history.
Hardway
Suburb
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Hardway is a suburb of the town of Gosport, in the Gosport district, in Hampshire, England. The suburb is made up of a few industrial estates, residential housing and a port. The suburb sits on the side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite to the naval base.
Southsea
Suburb
Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea is situated 1½ miles southeast of Burrow Island.
Burrow Island
- Categories: island, extra-parochial area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.80323° or 50° 48′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.121° or 1° 7′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C2WRV3H+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 2943262OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Spanish—“Burrow Island” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “バロウ島”
- Spanish: “Isla Burrow”
- “Burrow Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Fort James and Royal Clarence Marina.
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