Blue Island

Blue Island is an islet in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Blue Island is situated nearby to Heron Island, as well as near the island Little Isle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nab Scar and Glen Rothay Hotel.

Nab Scar

Peak

Nab Scar is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Rydal Water.

Glen Rothay Hotel

Hotel

Glen Rothay Hotel

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glen Rothay Hotel is situated 2,300 feet east of Blue Island.

Dove Cottage

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking". Dove Cottage is situated 1 mile northwest of Blue Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rydal and Grasmere.

Rydal

Village

Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.

Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere.

Grasmere

Photo: alancleaver, CC BY 2.0.

Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.

Ambleside

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.

Blue Island

Type: Islet
Categories: shrubland, locality, and landform
Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.44803° or 54° 26′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.99376° or 2° 59′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6VC2X4+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scrub

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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