Tresco is the second largest of the islands and boasts a wide variety of scenery. The northern end of the island is wild and barren with the ruins of King Charles’ Castle and the 17th century Cromwell’s Castle. The middle section of the island has green pasture, cottage and farmland leading down through an avenue of densely packed trees to the famous Abbey Garden - laid on the site of a 10th century Benedictine Abbey.
For complete seclusion from the world you would find the white sand of Pentle Bay on Tresco hard to beat.
What else can you see on Tresco? The Great Pool – a 12 acre haven for wildfowl and migratory birds, with observation hides available, Appletree Bay – a beautiful beach overlooking Bryher and Samson and near to the monument to Augustus Smith – self appointed Lord of the Isles in 1872. The ruins of King Charles’ Castle are on the hill above Cromwell’s Castle that was built in 1651 to protect the islands against possible attack by the Dutch. Across old Grimsby Bay is the Blockhouse, built to defend the harbour and the village.
To see all that the Scillies has to offer in one trip is impossible but even a single day visit will leave you desperate to return – and you will be very welcome whether you come by sea, air, or cruise liner.
Uninhabited Scillies T
he unmistakable twin hills of Samson are subject to countless sunset photographs each year. Samson lies to the north west of St Mary’s and once gave shelter to many families.
The ruins of the oldest Christian building on the islands is on St Helen and the remains of St Elidius, a British Bishop and the son of and English king is alleged to be buried on
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The rocks and islands of the Western Rocks are famous for being the graveyard of countless shipwrecks through the centuries. Vessels such as Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s flagship HMS Association; the great German transatlantic liner Schiller and the American 7 masted schooner, the Thomas W. Lawson (the largest pure sailing vessel ever built) have all ended tragically amongst these grim rocks, often with huge loss of life. From Annet, the bird sanctuary, to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse, the untamed wildness and the cruel granite outcrops are home to colonies of sea birds and grey Atlantic seals.
The Eastern Isles near St Martin’s have more grassy cover than the other uninhabited islands and important discoveries of habitation from around AD69 have been found on Nomour and may be seen in the museum on St Mary’s. Sea birds and seals live there in great numbers and may be seen at close quarters when cruising around here.
How to Get there G
etting to the Isles of Scilly is simpler than many people think, with direct daily flights (Except Sundays) to the Islands by fixed wing plane (Isles of Scilly Skybus – 0845 710 5555) from Southampton, Bristol, Exeter, Newquay and Lands End, and by Helicopter (British International Helicopters – 01736 363 781) from Penzance and passenger ferry on the Scillonian (Isles of Scilly Steamship Company – 0845 710 5555).
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