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Roa Island Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore Roa Island, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Roa Island map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Roa Island, Cumbria

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Place	Roa Island
Traditional County	Cumbria
Unitary Authority	Westmorland and Furness
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.074493
Longitude	-3.174372
Place Type	Village

About Roa Island

Roa Island emerges from the tidal mudflats like a solitary, salt-crusted anchor cast into the grey expanse of the Irish Sea. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Barrow-in-Furness (from Barrow-in-Furness: bearing 140°T, OS grid SD 232 649), and is situated south-south-west of Rampside village. Connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, Roa Island remains a place defined by the restless, rhythmic pulse of the tides. To the south, the crumbling silhouette of Piel Castle stands as a sentinel over the Piel Channel, its stone foundations worn thin by centuries of relentless spray and wind. The air here tastes intensely of brine, carrying the sharp, cold clarity of the open sea that washes against the nearby shores of Coup Scar. Beyond the harbour, the horizon is dominated by the vast, shifting geometries of the coastline where the water meets the sky in a seamless, pewter haze. Roa Island maintains a quiet resilience, its character forged by the utilitarian demands of maritime life rather than the whims of modern vanity. Boats bob within the shelter of the slipways, their rigging clinking against masts in a metallic, melancholic chorus that marks the passage of the afternoon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Watch Tower (Castle) — 0.1 mi, 231° SW
Coup Scar (Wetland) — 0.4 mi, 203° SSW
Head Scar (Wetland) — 0.5 mi, 294° WNW
Piel Channel (River) — 0.7 mi, 149° SSE
Piel Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 174° S · 2 ha
Walney Channel (River) — 0.9 mi, 285° WNW
South Walney And Piel Channel Flats Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 268° W · 23k acres
Snab Sands (Beach) — 1.3 mi, 263° W
Haws Bed (Beach) — 1.4 mi, 209° SSW
Copt Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 282° WNW
Hare Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 234° SW
Salthouse Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 338° NNW
Cavendish Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 330° NNW
Leece Tarn (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 014° NNE
Abbots Vale Park (Park) — 3.0 mi, 336° NNW
Henry Schneider Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 320° NW
Barrow Public Park (Park) — 3.4 mi, 330° NNW
Barrow Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.4 mi, 330° NNW · 18 ha
James Ramsden Statue (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 320° NW
The Dock Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 314° NW
Bow Bridge Medieval Multi-Span Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 4.1 mi, 352° N
Gleaston Watermill (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 024° NNE
Moat Hill, Motte And Bailey Castle And Earlier Ringwork (Scheduled Monument) — 4.2 mi, 042° NE
Furness Abbey Visitor Centre (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 347° NNW
Gleaston Castle (Castle) — 4.4 mi, 023° NNE
Vale of Nightshade (Valley) — 4.7 mi, 349° N
North Walney (National Nature Reserve) — 5.7 mi, 323° NW · 646 ha
Elliscales Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 6.1 mi, 355° N · 1 ha
Sandscale Haws (National Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 336° NNW · 262 ha
Sir John Barrow Cottage (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 024° NNE

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