South Walney
South Walney is one of two nature reserves on Walney Island, England. The nature reserve has an area of 130 ha leased from Holker estates. It has been managed by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust since 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
November—March: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
April—October: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Nature reserve on Walney Island
- Also known as: “South Walney Nature Reserve”
- Address: Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3YQ
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piel Castle and Piel Island.
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.
Piel Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Walney Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walney Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse located on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The current building dates to the early 19th-century and is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria.
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
Photo: Vishnumukundan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Biggar
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England. Along with the village of North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island.
South Walney
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.0503° or 54° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.1897° or 3° 11′ 23″ westOperator
Cumbria Wildlife TrustOpen location code
9C6R3R26+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 120873152OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q18161850
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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 “South Walney”. Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.