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Round Island (Dorset)

Coordinates: 50°41′10″N 2°00′59″W / 50.686125°N 2.016281°W / 50.686125; -2.016281
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Round Island
Round Island viewed from the western shore of Poole Harbour
Round Island is located in Dorset
Round Island
Round Island
Location within Dorset
OS grid referenceSY988874
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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Dorset
50°41′10″N 2°00′59″W / 50.686125°N 2.016281°W / 50.686125; -2.016281

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

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