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Long Island
Long Island across Wych Channel - geograph.org.uk - 449745.jpg
Long Island viewed from the western shore of Poole Harbour
Long Island is located in Dorset
Long Island
Long Island
Area 0.042 km2 (0.016 sq mi)
OS grid reference SY987879
Civil parish
  • Corfe Castle
District
  • Purbeck
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
  • South Dorset
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°41′26″N 2°01′03″W / 50.6906°N 2.0176°W / 50.6906; -2.0176

Long Island is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsular in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, Round Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide. The island covers approximately 30 acres at low tide, reducing to only 9.5 acres (38,000 m2) at high tide. Long Island lies within the civil parish of Corfe Castle. The parish forms part of the Purbeck local government district.

Long Island had been privately owned by the Rempstone Estate for over 250 years but in 2007 it was closed to the public and put up for sale with offers invited in excess of £1 million. The sale was initially delayed by a rights of way application made by pleasure boat owners who feared the new landlords would deny public access to the island. However the application was dismissed by Dorset County Council in 2009 and the island was sold in 2010 for an estimated £3 million to a local property developer.

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