Tresco
Tresco is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly. It is 297 ha in area, measuring about 3.5 km by 1.75 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Nicholas’s Church and Tresco Abbey Gardens.
St Nicholas’s Church
Church
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
Tresco Abbey Gardens
Garden
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.
Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17-acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Grimsby and Old Grimsby.
New Grimsby
Village
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the west side of the island and there is a quay, as well as a public house, The New Inn, and a small art gallery.
Old Grimsby
Village
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.
Piper’s Hole
Locality
Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly. The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on Penninis Head, St Mary's.
Tresco
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.95506° or 49° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-6.33379° or 6° 20′ 2″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
8CXMXM48+2FGeoNames ID
2635495
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Tresco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تريسكو”
- Armenian: “Տրեսկո”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Трэска”
- Breton: “Ynys Skaw”
- Chinese: “特雷斯科岛”
- Cornish: “Ynys Skaw”
- Russian: “Треско”
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