Piel Island
Piel Island is a hamlet in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Piel Island is situated nearby to the village Roa Island, as well as near the locality Haws Hole.Places of Interest
Highlights include Piel Island and Piel Castle.
Piel Island
Islet
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Rampside.
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.
Rampside
Village
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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 1½ miles north of Piel Island.
Headin Haw
Locality
Headin Haw, also spelled Headen Haw, is part of the Islands of Furness. It is a small tidal island approximately 200 metres off the coast of Cumbria, England, adjacent to the town of Barrow-in-Furness. Headin Haw is situated 2½ miles northwest of Piel Island.
Piel Island
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.06395° or 54° 3′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.17474° or 3° 10′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6R3R7G+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1446067003OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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