It is one of the Islands of Furness and is in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria in north-west England.

The island's geographic location is, using the British national grid reference system, SD215639.

Sheep Island is accessible on foot at low tide from either Walney, or from Piel Island - a distance of about a mile (approx.

Between 1892 and 1922 it included a small isolation hospital located within a wooden building, which was erected by Barrow Borough Council at a cost of £257 but seldom used.

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