# List of islands of England

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

To group islands by geographical region, sort the table by "Island Group/Location" (click the icon by the column heading).
| Name | Group/location |
| Annet | Isles of Scilly |
| Asparagus Island | Cornwall |
| Baker's Island | Langstone Harbour |
| Birnbeck Island | Severn Estuary |
| Black Nab | Saltwick Bay, Whitby |
| Brownsea Island | Poole Harbour |
| Bryher | Isles of Scilly |
| Burgh Island | Devon |
| Burnt Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Burntwick Island | Medway Estuary |
| Burrow Island | Portsmouth Harbour |
| Canvey Island | Thames Estuary |
| Chapel Island | Islands of Furness |
| Cindery Island | Essex |
| Cobmarsh Island | Essex |
| Coquet Island | Northumberland |
| Crow Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Deadman's Island | Medway Estuary |
| Drake's Island | Devon |
| Dova Haw | Islands of Furness |
| English Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Foulness Island | Essex |
| Foulney Island | Islands of Furness |
| Fowley Island | Chichester Harbour |
| Furzey Island | Poole Harbour |
| Gigger's Island | Poole Harbour |
| Godrevy Island | Cornwall |
| Gorregan | Isles of Scilly |
| Great Arthur | Isles of Scilly |
| Great Cob Island | Essex |
| Great Ganinick | Isles of Scilly |
| Great Ganilly | Isles of Scilly |
| Great Innisvouls | Isles of Scilly |
| Great Mew Stone | Devon |
| Green Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Green Island | Poole Harbour |
| Gugh | Isles of Scilly |
| Gull Island | Hampshire |
| Guther's Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Gweal | Isles of Scilly |
| Hanjague | Isles of Scilly |
| Havengore Island | Essex |
| Havergate Island | Suffolk |
| Hayling Island | Chichester Harbour |
| Headin Haw | Islands of Furness |
| Hedge-end Island | Essex |
| Hilbre Island | Wirral |
| Horsea Island | Portsmouth Harbour |
| Horsey Island | Essex |
| Inner Farne | Farne Islands |
| Lindisfarne | Northumberland |
| Little Arthur | Isles of Scilly |
| Little Eye | Wirral |
| Little Ganinick | Isles of Scilly |
| Little Ganilly | Isles of Scilly |
| Little Innisvouls | Isles of Scilly |
| Longships | Land's End |
| Long Island | Poole Harbour |
| Long Island | Langstone Harbour |
| Looe Island | Cornwall |
| Lower Horse | Essex |
| Lothingland | Suffolk and Norfolk |
| Lundy | Bristol Channel |
| Menawethan | Isles of Scilly |
| Merrick Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Mersea Island | Essex |
| Middle Eye | Wirral |
| Mullion Island | Cornwall |
| New England Island | Essex |
| Nornour | Isles of Scilly |
| North Binness Island | Langstone Harbour |
| Northey Island | Essex |
| Old Harry Rocks | Dorset |
| Osea Island | Essex |
| Outer Trial Bank | Lincolnshire |
| Pewit Island | Essex |
| Pewit Island | Portsmouth Harbour |
| Piel Island | Islands of Furness |
| Pilsey Island | Chichester Harbour |
| Plumb Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Portsea Island | Hampshire |
| Potton Island | Essex |
| Puffin Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Ragged Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Ramsey Island | Islands of Furness |
| Read's Island | Humber estuary |
| Roa Island | Islands of Furness |
| Rosevear | Isles of Scilly |
| Round Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Round Island | Poole Harbour |
| Rushley Island | Essex |
| Scolt Head Island | Norfolk |
| St Agnes | Isles of Scilly |
| St Clement's Isle | Cornwall |
| St Helen's | Isles of Scilly |
| St Martin's | Isles of Scilly |
| St Mary's | Isles of Scilly |
| St Michael's Mount | Cornwall |
| St Mary's Island | Tyne and Wear |
| Samson | Isles of Scilly |
| Sheep Island | Islands of Furness |
| Isle of Sheppey | Thames Estuary |
| Skipper's Island | Essex |
| South Binness Island | Langstone Harbour |
| Staple Island | Farne Islands |
| Steep Holm | Bristol Channel |
| Stert Island | Somerset |
| Stony Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Teän | Isles of Scilly |
| Thatcher Rock | Devon |
| Thorney Island | Chichester Harbour |
| Toll's Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Tresco | Isles of Scilly |
| Two Tree Island | Thames Estuary |
| Wallasea Island | Essex |
| Walney Island | Islands of Furness |
| Wamses Island | Farne Islands |
| Whale Island | Portsmouth Harbour |
| White Island | Isles of Scilly |
| Whitton Island | Humber estuary |
| Isle of Wight | English Channel |

### 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).
| Name | Lake |
| Belle Isle | Windermere |
| Blake Holme | Windermere |
| Cherry Holm | Ullswater |
| Crow Holme | Windermere |
| Deergarth How Island | Thirlmere |
| Derwent Isle | Derwent Water |
| Fir Island | Coniston Water |
| Grass Holme | Windermere |
| Hawes How Island | Thirlmere |
| Hen Holme | Windermere |
| Heron Island | Rydal Water |
| Holme Crag | Windermere |
| Holme Islands | Crummock Water |
| Lady Holme | Windermere |
| Lillies of the Valley | Windermere |
| Ling Holme | Windermere |
| Lingy Holm | Ullswater |
| Little Isle | Rydal Water |
| Lord's Island | Derwent Water |
| Maiden Holme | Windermere |
| Norfolk Island | Ullswater |
| Oak Island | Coniston Water |
| Otter Island | Derwent Water |
| Otterbield Island | Derwent Water |
| Peel Island | Coniston Water |
| Ramp Holme | Windermere |
| Rampsholme Island | Derwent Water |
| Rough Holme | Windermere |
| Scale Island | Crummock Water |
| Silver Holme | Windermere |
| St Herbert's Island | Derwent Water |
| Thompson's Holme | Windermere |
| Unnamed island | Elter Water |
| Grasmere Island | Grasmere |
| Wall Holm | Ullswater |
| Watness Coy | Devoke Water |
| Wood Howe | Haweswater Reservoir |
| Woodhouse Islands | Crummock Water |

#### In the River Thames

    See: Islands 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).
| Name | Location |
| Newark Island | River Trent |
| Alney Island | River Severn |
| Big Island | Carsington Water |
| Bird Island | Stocks Reservoir, Lancashire |
| Bridgemarsh Island | River Crouch, Essex |
| Denny Island | Chew Valley Lake |
| Flat Island | Carsington Water |
| Haddiscoe Island (or Chedgrave Island or simply 'The Island') | Between River Waveney, River Yare and New Cut |
| Horseshoe Island | Carsington Water |
| Lady Island | Hornsea Mere |
| Millfields Island | Carsington Water |
| Peasholm Island | Peasholm Lake, Scarborough |
| Pleasure Island | Hickling Broad, Norfolk |
| Sailing Club Island | Carsington Water |
| Shiningford Island | Carsington Water |
| Stanlow Island | Merseyside, Manchester Ship Canal |
| Swan Island | Hornsea Mere |
| Willow Island | Stocks Reservoir, Lancashire |

## Largest islands

| Rank | Island | Area | Area |
| Rank | (sq mi) | (km$^2$) |
| 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

| Rank | Island | Population (2011 UK census) |
| 1 | Portsea Island | 207,100 |
| 2 | Isle of Wight | 141,538 |
| 3 | Isle of Sheppey | 40,300 |
| 4 | Canvey Island | 38,170 |
| 5 | Hayling Island | 17,379 |
| 6 | Walney Island | 10,651 |
| 7 | Mersea Island | about 7,200 |
| 8 | Barrow Island | 2,616 |
| 9 | St Mary's | 1,668 |
| 10 | Thorney Island | 1,079 |
| 11 | Foulness Island | 151 |
| 12 | Tresco | 180 |
| 13 | Lindisfarne | 162 |
| 14 | St Martin's | 142 |
| 15 | Roa Island | about 100 |
| 16 | Bryher | 92 |
| 17 | St Agnes | 70 |
| 18 | St Michael's Mount | 35 |
| 19 | Lundy | about 28 |
| 20 | Whale Island | 17 |
| 21 | Burgh Island | about 12 |
| 22 | Piel Island | 4 |
| 23 | Gugh | 3 |
| | Horsey Island | Unknown |
| | Total | 396,447 |

## 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