Burgh Island
Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: tidal island
- Also known as: “Borough Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burgh Island Hotel and Pilchard Inn.
Burgh Island Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Burgh Island Hotel is a hotel on Burgh Island, Devon in England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bantham and Thurlestone.
Bantham
Hamlet
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bantham is a coastal village in south Devon, England. It is in the South Hams district and lies on the estuary of the River Avon a quarter of a mile from the sea at Bigbury Bay.
Thurlestone
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurlestone is a village located 5 miles west of Kingsbridge in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. There is an electoral ward in the same name.
Holbeton
Village
Photo: Tigerboy1966, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holbeton is a civil parish and village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in the South Hams district of Devon, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 579, down from 850 in 1901.
Burgh Island
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.27945° or 50° 16′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.89978° or 3° 53′ 59″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9C2R74H2+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
way 364192804OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2655171Wikidata ID
Q1014993
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Satellite Map
Discover Burgh Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Burgh Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Burgh Island”
- Cebuano: “Burgh Island”
- Dutch: “Burgh Island”
- French: “Burgh Island”
- German: “Burgh Island Hotel”
- German: “Burgh Island”
- German: “Pilchard Inn”
- German: “Sea Tractor”
- German: “The Pilchard Inn”
- Italian: “Burgh Island”
- Japanese: “バー・アイランド”
- Japanese: “バーフ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burgh Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burgh Island”
- Norwegian: “Burgh Island”
- Russian: “бург остров”
- Spanish: “Isla Burgh”
- Swedish: “Burgh Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bigbury-on-Sea and Ringmore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fisherman’s Lookout and Mermaid Pool.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Burgh Island”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.