Round Island (Dorset)

Round Island
Round Island
	Round Island viewed from the western shore of Poole Harbour
	Round Island Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY988874
Civil parish	Corfe Castle;
District	Purbeck;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South Dorset;
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°41′10″N 2°00′59″W / 50.686125°N 2.016281°W

Round Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsula in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby uninhabited Long Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.^[1]^[2]

The island is 15 acres in size, being a private property with a mix of grassy paddocks and woodland.

Round Island lies within the civil parish of Corfe Castle. The parish was formerly part of the Purbeck local government district,^[1]but now forms part of Dorset Council.

References

^ ^a ^b OS Explorer Map OL15 - Purbeck & South Dorset. Ordnance Survey. 2006. ISBN 978-0-319-23865-3.
^ "Harbour island is 'dream' location". BBC. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

External links

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[mapdat-1] OS Explorer Map OL15 - Purbeck & South Dorset. Ordnance Survey. 2006. ISBN 978-0-319-23865-3.

[bbc071109-2] "Harbour island is 'dream' location". BBC. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

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