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
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by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.
The island is 15
acre
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s 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 forms part of the
Purbeck local government district.
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References
External links
Islands of Dorset
Poole Harbour
Corfe Castle
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