2020

SD2364 : Piel Street

taken 5 years ago, near to Roa Island, Cumbria, England

This is 1 of 4 images, with title Piel Street in this square
Piel Street
Piel Street
Looking along the main street on Roa Island.
Roa Island

Roa island is shaped a little like a boxing glove with the thumb sticking out! It is nowadays permanently causewayed to the mainland at Rampside, the road across this causeway being called the "Roa Island Road" not unreasonably.
It has an area of about 3ha (7½ acres) and a population of c.100 making it England's 15th most populous offshore island! see LinkExternal link
The island ceased to be truly insular when the causeway was completed in 1846 at the expense of the island's then owner John Abel Smith, a London banker and MP for Chichester & Midhurst.
Wikipedia article on Roa Island LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Islands Primary Subject: Street
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking [11] · Street on Roa Island [10] Title Clusters: · Piel Street [4] ·
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SD2364, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
DS Pugh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 19 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 2326 6487 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:4.4411N 3:10.4570W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 23269 64812
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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