Tresco Heliport
Tresco Heliport is a heliport located on the island of Tresco, in the Isles of Scilly off the southwest coast of the United Kingdom. The heliport was served by a scheduled helicopter service from 1983 to 2012, and since 2020 a new scheduled service now operates from the new Penzance Heliport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
- Type: Heliport
- Description: airport in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “EGHT” and “TSO”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valhalla Museum and St. Nicholas Priory Ruins.
Valhalla Museum
Museum
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Valhalla Museum is situated 350 feet northwest of Tresco Heliport.
St. Nicholas Priory Ruins
Photo: Lambert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tresco Priory is a former monastic settlement on Tresco, Isles of Scilly founded in 946 AD. It was re-founded as the Priory of St Nicholas by monks from Tavistock Abbey in 1114. St. Nicholas Priory Ruins is situated 550 feet north of Tresco Heliport.
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. Tresco Abbey Gardens is situated 940 feet north of Tresco Heliport.
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. Piper’s Hole is situated 1½ miles north of Tresco Heliport.
Tresco Heliport
- Categories: commercial traffic aerodrome, grassland, and transportation
- Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.94574° or 49° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
-6.33166° or 6° 19′ 54″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Operator
Tresco EstatesIATA airport code
TSOICAO airport code
EGHTOpen location code
8CXMWMW9+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 232579131OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=heliportOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grass
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tajik—“Tresco Heliport” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “特雷斯科直升機停機坪”
- Dutch: “Tresco Heliport”
- French: “héliport de Tresco”
- French: “Héliport de Tresco”
- French: “Isles of Scilly heliport”
- German: “Tresco Heliport”
- Indonesian: “EGHT”
- Indonesian: “TSO”
- Japanese: “トレスコ・ヘリポート”
- Persian: “بالگردگاه ترسکو”
- Piemontese: “Tresco Heliport”
- Polish: “Heliport Tresco”
- Tajik: “Болгрдгоҳ Треску”
- Tajik: “Болгрдгоҳ трску”
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Nearby Places
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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 “Tresco Heliport”. Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.