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Round Island viewed from the western shore of Poole Harbour
Round Island
OS grid reference	SY988874
Civil parish	Corfe Castle
District	Purbeck
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
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′10″N 2°00′59″W / 50.686125°N 2.016281°W / 50.686125; -2.016281

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 by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.

The island is 15 acres 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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