Roa Island [10 photos] in SD23186487 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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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 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 Link

by Rob Farrow

Created: Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Updated: Wed, 25 Mar 2020

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SD2364 : Jetty for Piel Island by DS Pugh

SD2365 : Approaching Roa Island by DS Pugh

SD2364 : Lifeboat station and Piel Island pier by DS Pugh

SD2364 : Steps and shore, Roa Island by Rob Farrow

SD2364 : Old Customs House, Roa Island by Rob Farrow

SD2364 : Lifeboat station, Roa Island by Rob Farrow

SD2364 : Bridge to the lifeboat station by DS Pugh

SD2364 : Boat park, Roa Island by Rob Farrow

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