List of islands of England
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This is a list of islands of England (excluding the mainland which is itself a part of the island of Great Britain), as well as a table of the largest English islands by area and by population.
Islands by type and name
=Offshore and inshore islands=
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To group islands by geographical region, sort the table by "Island Group/Location" (click the icon by the column heading).
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=Inland islands=
There are numerous islands within freshwater lakes and rivers in England. They are most numerous in the Lake District but other concentrations occur within the Norfolk Broads, some major reservoirs and principal rivers.
==In the Lake District==
To group islands by lake, sort the table by "Lake" (click the icon by the column heading).
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==In the River Thames==
==Inland islands elsewhere in England==
To group islands by location, sort the table by "Location" (click the icon by the column heading).
Largest islands
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1 | Isle of Wight | 118.97 | 380.15 |
2 | Isle of Sheppey | 34.45 | 89.25 |
3 | Foulness Island | 11.31 | 29.30 |
4 | Portsea Island | 9.47 | 24.54 |
5 | Canvey Island | 6.96 | 18.04 |
6 | Mersea Island | 6.92 | 17.94 |
7 | Hayling Island | 6.13 | 15.89 |
8 | Walney Island | 5.12 | 13.27 |
9 | Wallasea Island | 4.11 | 10.65 |
10 | St Mary's | 2.54 | 6.58 |
11 | Lundy | 1.72 | 4.45 |
12 | Tresco | 1.15 | 2.97 |
13 | St Agnes | 0.57 | 1.48 |
14 | Bryher | 0.51 | 1.34 |
Most populous islands
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Places called "island" or "isle" that are not islands
Some places in the British Isles are called islands or isles, but are not. Some of these were formerly islands surrounded by marshland. Others are peninsulas or just coastal settlements. They include:
- Isle of Athelney
- Isle of Axholme
- Barrow Island
- Brown's Island, Rutland Water
- Cobholm Island, part of Great Yarmouth
- Isle of Dogs
- Isle of Elmley (part of Sheppey)
- Isle of Ely
- Isle of Grain
- Isle of Harty (part of Sheppey)
- Isle of Oxney
- Isle of Portland
- Isle of Purbeck
- Kelham Island
- Ramsey Island
- Spike Island
- Stones Island, Carsington Water, Derbyshire
- Sunk Island
- Isle of Thanet, formerly separated by the Wantsum Channel
- The Isle, within tight loop of the River Severn, Shropshire
- The Island
- Thorney Island, Cambridgeshire
- Isle of Wedmore
- Fish Island, London
See also
References
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