Foulness Island

Foulness Island is Essex's largest island. There is nothing much for tourists to see, due to the restrictions put in place by the UK Ministry of Defence regarding access to the island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Rochford, Essex, England
  • Also known as: “Foulness”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Mary the Virgin, Foulness Island.

Church
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Mary the Virgin is a parish of the Church of England on Foulness Island, in , England. Before the 15th century, the island of Foulness was divided among several neighbouring parishes.

Foulness Island

Latitude
51.5887° or 51° 35′ 19″ north
Longitude
0.8964° or 0° 53′ 47″ east
Population
151
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
9F32HVQW+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1493514553
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2649144
Wiki­data ID
Q5474214
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Satellite Map

Discover Foulness Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Foulness Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فولنيس”
  • Cebuano: “Foulness Island”
  • Cebuano: “Foulness”
  • Chinese: “孚內斯島”
  • Chinese: “孚内斯岛”
  • French: “Foulness”
  • German: “Foulness Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Foulness”
  • Irish: “Foulness Island”
  • Irish: “Foulness”
  • Italian: “Foulness”
  • Japanese: “ファウルネス島”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foulness”
  • Polish: “Foulness”
  • Swedish: “Foulness Island”
  • Swedish: “Foulness”
  • Turkish: “Foulness Island”

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