Sheep Island, Lancashire

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Sheep Island

Lancashire

Location
Location: 54°4’1"N, 3°12’0"W
Grid reference: SD215639
Area: 15 acres
Data
Population: 0

Sheep Island is an uninhabited grassy island of around 15 acres, lying just over a quarter of a mile from the shore of Walney Island, opposite Snab Point. It is one of the islands of Furness, Lancashire.

The island forms par of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness though it forms no part of that town’s townscape or industry.

Sheep Island is accessible on foot at low tide from either Walney, or from Piel Island - a distance of about a mile. The island is uninhabited and there is no shelter. Between 1892 and 1922 it included a small isolation hospital located within a wooden building, which was erected by Barrow Borough Council at a cost of £257 but seldom used.

The Islands of Furness, Lancashire

Barrow Island  • Chapel Island  • Dova Haw  • Foulney Island  • Headin Haw  • Piel Island  • Roa Island  • Sheep Island  • Walney Island