The Isles of Scilly comprise five main inhabited islands and numerous smaller ones. St. Mary’s is the largest and most populated with Tresco, Bryher, St. Agnes and St. Martin’s a fifteen to thirty minute boat ride away. There is much to do and see. The golf course plays well and the views are breathtaking whilst there are deserted brilliant-white beaches stretching into the distance offering safe bathing. Horse riding, sailing and windsurfing are enjoyed by many andthere is reputedly the best wreck diving in the world.
Tresco: (Islands of Flowers) The second largest island. The world-renowned Abbey Gardens on the site of a tenth-century Benedictine Abbey houses no less than 5,000 varieties of sub tropical plants from all over the world. Also the Valhalla Museum displays an interesting collection of figureheads from the many ships wrecked around the islands.
Bryher: Smallest of the inhabited islands with a rugged coastline to the north. Hell Bay the wildest and most impressive spot in gales. Difficult access at low tides hence Challenge Anneka’s new quay.
St. Martin’s & Eastern Isles: Spectacular long sheltered deserted beaches. Boat trips often incorporate the Eastern Isles where large numbers of seals can be seen at close quarters.
St. Agnes & Western Isles: The most southwesterly community and pub in the British Isles. Small beautiful island with Gugh (inhabited) adjoining but not accessible at high tide. Boat trips often include the Bishop Rock Lighthouse (the tallest in the U.K) and the western rocks littered with shipwrecks. A feature of these trips is to see the comical puffins which nest on the bird sanctuary island of Annet, together with numerous other sea birds including manx shearwaters and several thousand storm petrels. No hotel but the Turks Head Pub certainly makes up for that.