Bryher, Isles of Scilly
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Bryher (grid reference SV880150) is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly. It is home to a population of 92 (census of 2001).
It lies to the west of Tresco, and is separated from that island by the Tresco Channel. Off the southern end of Bryher is the uninhabited island of Samson.
[edit] Factual Bryher
- Bryher is Celtic for ‘Place of Hills’. There are a number of hills on the island, including Watch Hill, a viewpoint, and Samson Hill at the southern end of the island.
- Scenery on the island includes sandy beaches at Rushy Bay and Hell Bay.
- The Hell Bay Hotel is actually located at Stinkingporth Bay (probably so called because of the smell of seaweed). It is owned by the Tresco Estate.
- Bryher has an area of 327 acres - just over half a square mile (1.3 km²).
- At low tide, mudflats are exposed in the Tresco Channel.
- The Great Pool is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- In the north of the island are the Fraggle Rock Bar, Vine Cafe and Bryher Stores.
- Golden Eagle studio of the artist Richard Pearce.
- In the centre of the island is Bar Quay, which was built in 1990 by the television programme Challenge Anneka.Known to many islanders as 'Anna-Quay'
- Local activities include sailing, scuba and watching wildlife.
- Bryher has recently become a popular girls name in West Cornwall.
- Annie Winnifred Ellerman, daughter of the shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman, took the name of this island, Bryher, as her pseudonym.
- Most of the land on Bryher is leased to the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust who are currently using ponies and Red Ruby cattle to graze the overgrown areas as part of the Waves of Heath project.
[edit] Fictional Bryher
- Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. A film version, called When the Whales Came, was made on location in 1989 starring Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Paul Scofield and David Suchet.
- Hell Bay by Sam Llewellyn
[edit] External links
- Bryher web site
- Webcam
- Hell Bay Hotel is located adjacent to the Great Pool.
- Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
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| Inhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly: St Mary's | St Agnes | Tresco | Bryher | St Martin's | |
| Uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly: Annet | Bishop Rock | Crim Rocks | English Island | Gugh | Samson | Zantman's Rock | |
| Related topics: Environment of the Isles of Scilly | History of the Isles of Scilly | Transport in the Isles of Scilly | |
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