Scilly Islands

1. Scilly Islands By Eve.L and Isabelle.E

2. Tresco Less than 30 miles off the Cornwall long and a mile wide, Tresco is one of the five owned island which, together with 200 or so islands, rocks.Measuring just two and half miles of Scilly. Tresco is privately owned. This Isles of Scilly lie about 30 miles from Lands End off the south western tip of the United Kingdom. The Abbey Garden itself contains well over 20,000 exotic plants many of which wouldn't even grow on the Cornish mainland.

3. Bryar Bryher is the smallest of the inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly. Just one and half miles long. There hasn’t been a school on Bryher since 1971. Local children travel by boat each morning to attend the primary school base on Tresco. Bathing from all our uncrowded beaches is safe and the clear waters of Scilly are ideal for diving and snorkelling. Rushy Bay ranks among the finest beaches of the island.

4. Over the centuries, 900 recorded shipwrecks have occurred. Many more may have happened around the hazardous rocks More facts • St Mary's, the largest island is less than three miles across and has only ten miles of coastline. • 80% of visitors stayed on St Mary's, 9% on Tresco, 5% on St Martin's, 4% on Bryher and 5% on St Agnes • 80% of visitors stayed on St Mary's, 9% on Tresco, 5% on St Martin's, 4% on Bryher and 5% on St Agnes • 1752. On average there are 1752 hours of sunshine per year on the islands. This is compared to 1514 at Kew, London