Piel Island

Piel Island
An aerial view of Piel Island
Piel Island is located in the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Piel Island
Piel Island
Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough
Piel Island is located in Morecambe Bay
Piel Island
Piel Island
Location in Morecambe Bay
Piel Island is located in Cumbria
Piel Island
Piel Island
Location in Cumbria
Geography
LocationMorecambe Bay
Coordinates54°3′50″N 3°10′30″W / 54.06389°N 3.17500°W / 54.06389; -3.17500
ArchipelagoBritish Isles
Administration
United Kingdom
CountyCumbria

Piel Island lies in Morecambe Bay, around 12 mile (800 metres) off the southern tip of the Furness peninsula in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It is one of the Islands of Furness, three of which sit near to Piel at the mouth of Walney Channel. The island is the location of Piel Castle, built by the monks of Furness Abbey in the fourteenth century.

Historically within Lancashire, the island today is owned by the town of Barrow-in-Furness, having been given to the people by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1922. The council's administrative duties also include the selection of the "King" of Piel, who is the landlord of the island's public house, the Ship Inn. Piel is about 26 acres (11 hectares) in size. The landlord and their family and three others who live in the old Ship's pilots' cottages are the island's only permanent residents.