Chapel Island
Chapel Island is a limestone outcrop that lies in the Leven estuary of Morecambe Bay in England, less than one mile from the shoreline at Bardsea in the area known as Ulverston Sands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anthony Sinton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and Birkrigg stone circle.
Birkrigg stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria. It dates to between 1700 and 1400 BC. Birkrigg stone circle is situated 2 miles southwest of Chapel Island.
Leven Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leven Viaduct is a railway bridge which carries the Furness Line over the River Leven in Cumbria, England. The viaduct was opened as a single track structure as part of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway in August 1857. Leven Viaduct is situated 1½ miles north of Chapel Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canal Foot and Bardsea.
Canal Foot
Hamlet
Photo: Dave&Lynne Slater, CC BY 2.0.
Canal Foot is an industrial village in Cumbria, England, on the Leven estuary. It is located 1.7 miles by road to the east of the centre of Ulverston. Its name comes from its location being where the Ulverston Canal meets the Estuary.
Bardsea
Village
Photo: C.Sage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bardsea is a village in the Low Furness area of Cumbria, England. It is two miles to the south-east of Ulverston on the northern coast of Morecambe Bay. It is in the historic county of Lancashire. Bardsea is situated 1½ miles southwest of Chapel Island.
Ravenstown
Neighborhood
Ravenstown is a settlement in the Lower Holker parish of the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England. The village is mostly a housing estate which was built during First World war to serve a new airship station built in the area. Ravenstown is situated 2½ miles east of Chapel Island.
Chapel Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Morecambe Bay, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Lower Allithwaite, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.17379° or 54° 10′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.04142° or 3° 2′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6R5XF5+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 3099261OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Chapel Island” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “チャペル島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chapel Island”
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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 “Chapel Island”. Photo: Anthony Sinton, CC BY-SA 2.0.