Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly is a small archipelago of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles off the coast of Cornwall at the south-western tip of the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,220 residents
- Description: archipelago and local government district off the south-westernmost point of mainland Britain
- Also known as: “Isles of Scilly Rural District”, “Scillonia”, “Scilly”, and “Scilly Islands”
- Postal codes: TR21, TR22, TR23, TR24, and TR25
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Airport and Saint Mary’s Light.
St Mary’s Airport
Aerodrome
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St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
Saint Mary’s Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Caroline Tandy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peninnis Lighthouse is situated on Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Innisidgen
Archaeological site
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innisidgen is the site of two Bronze Age entrance graves on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The two burial monuments, lie on a steep slope of Innisidgen Hill overlooking Crow Sound with a view towards the Eastern Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hugh Town and Holy Vale.
Hugh Town
Town
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Hugh Town is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of St Mary's, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago, and is located on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island.
Holy Vale
Hamlet
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Holy Vale is a minor valley and small settlement within, on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. Situated inland, nearby are Maypole and Longstone.
Porthloo
Hamlet
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthloo is a coastal settlement on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is situated about half a mile northeast of Hugh Town and is a popular tourist spot with a number of guest houses, a restaurant, several gift shops and art galleries.
Isles of Scilly
- Categories: archipelago, non-metropolitan district, rural district, and unitary authority area in England
- Location: West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Isles of Scilly” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Scilly-eilande”
- Arabic: “جزر سيلي”
- Armenian: “Սիլլի կղզիներ”
- Asturian: “Isllas Sorlingas”
- Asturian: “Islles Scilly”
- Asturian: “Islles Sorlingas”
- Asturian: “Scilly”
- Basque: “Scilly uharteak”
- Belarusian: “астравы Сілі”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Сілі”
- Belarusian: “Сілі (астравы)”
- Belarusian: “Сілі”
- Bengali: “স্কিলি দ্বীপসমূহ”
- Breton: “Enezeg Syllan”
- Breton: “Inizi Sillan”
- Breton: “Sillan”
- Bulgarian: “Острови Сили”
- Catalan: “illes Scilly”
- Catalan: “Illes Scilly”
- Catalan: “Illes Sorlingues”
- Catalan: “Isles of Scilly”
- Cebuano: “Isles of Scilly”
- Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی سیلی”
- Chinese: “Scilly Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “錫利群島”
- Chinese: “锡利群岛”
- Cornish: “Enesek Syllan”
- Cornish: “Syllan”
- Cornish: “Ynysek Syllan”
- Croatian: “Scilly”
- Czech: “Isles of Scilly”
- Czech: “Scilly”
- Danish: “Isles of Scilly”
- Danish: “Scilly-øerne”
- Danish: “Scillyøerne”
- Dutch: “Isles of Scilly”
- Dutch: “Scilly Islands”
- Dutch: “Scilly-eilanden”
- Dutch: “Scillyeilanden”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزر سيلى”
- Esperanto: “Insuloj de Scilly”
- Esperanto: “Insuloj Scilly”
- Esperanto: “Scilly”
- Esperanto: “Sorlingoj”
- Estonian: “Scilly saared”
- Finnish: “Isles of Scilly”
- Finnish: “Scillynsaaret”
- Finnish: “Scillysaaret”
- French: “Iles scilly”
- French: “îles Scilly”
- French: “Îles Scilly”
- French: “îles Sorlingues”
- French: “Isles of Scilly”
- French: “Scilly”
- Galician: “Illas Scilly”
- German: “Isles of Scilly”
- German: “Scillies”
- German: “Scilly-Inseln”
- Greek: “Νησιά Σίλι”
- Gujarati: “આઇલ્સ ઓફ સ્કીલી”
- Hebrew: “איי סילי”
- Hindi: “सिली द्वीपसमूह”
- Hindi: “सिसिली द्वीप-समूह”
- Hungarian: “Scilly-szigetek”
- Icelandic: “Scillyeyjar”
- Icelandic: “Syllingar”
- Indonesian: “Isles of Scilly”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Scilly”
- Irish: “na Scillí”
- Irish: “Na Scillí”
- Irish: “Syllan”
- Italian: “Isole Scilly”
- Japanese: “シリー島”
- Japanese: “シリー諸島”
- Kannada: “ಐಲ್ಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಸಿಲ್ಲಿ”
- Korean: “실리 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Sillinae”
- Latvian: “Sili salas”
- Lithuanian: “Silio salos”
- Macedonian: “Сили”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Scilly Kûn-tó”
- Narom: “Seurlîngue”
- Northern Frisian: “Scilly Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isles of Scilly”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scilly-øyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scillyøyene AONB”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scillyøyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Syllingene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isles of Scilly”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scillyøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scillyøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynysek Syllan”
- Norwegian: “Scillyøyene”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Syllīega”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Syllīege”
- Persian: “مجمعالجزایر سیلی”
- Polish: “Isles of Scilly”
- Polish: “Scilly”
- Polish: “Wyspy Scilly”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas de Scilly”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Scilly”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Sorlingas”
- Portuguese: “Isles of Scilly”
- Portuguese: “Scillonia”
- Portuguese: “Scilly Islands”
- Portuguese: “Scilly”
- Romanian: “Insulele Scilly”
- Romanian: “Isles of Scilly”
- Russian: “Айлс-оф-Силли”
- Russian: “Инисек-Силлан”
- Russian: “Острова Силли”
- Russian: “Силли”
- Russian: “Сцилли”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Syllan”
- Serbian: “Sili”
- Serbian: “Острва Сили”
- Serbian: “Сили”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Scilly”
- Slovak: “Isles of Scilly”
- Slovak: “Scilly”
- Spanish: “Isla de Scilly”
- Spanish: “Islas de Scilly”
- Spanish: “Islas Scilly”
- Spanish: “Islas Sorlingas”
- Spanish: “Isles of Scilly”
- Spanish: “Scilly”
- Spanish: “Sorlingas”
- Spanish: “Ynysek Syllan”
- Swedish: “Isles of Scilly”
- Swedish: “Scilly Isles”
- Swedish: “Scillyöarna”
- Swedish: “Ynysek Syllan”
- Tagalog: “Islas Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Isles of Scilly”
- Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Kapuluang Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Mga Isla ng Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Mga Pulo ng Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Sorlingas”
- Tagalog: “Scilly”
- Tagalog: “Sorlingas”
- Tamil: “சிசிலி ஐஸ்லேஸ்”
- Tamil: “சிலி தீவுகள்”
- Tamil: “சில்லி தீவுகள்”
- Telugu: “సిలెస్ అఫ్ సిల్లీ”
- Thai: “Isles of Scilly”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะซิลลี”
- Thai: “ไอล์สออฟซิลลีย์”
- Turkish: “Scilly Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Сіллі”
- Urdu: “جزائر سیلی”
- Venetian: “Isole Scilly”
- Venetian: “Ìzołe Scilly”
- Vietnamese: “quần đảo Scilly”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Scilly”
- Vlaams: “Scilly-eylandn”
- Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Scilly”
- Welsh: “Isles of Scilly”
- Welsh: “Scillies”
- Welsh: “Scilly”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Scilly”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Syllan”
- Western Frisian: “Scilly-eilannen”
- Wu Chinese: “犀利群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “錫利群島”
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