Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill is a minor hill with a small settlement, on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. Nearby are Porthloo and Longstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet on St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rocky Hill, Cornwall” and “Rocky Hill, Isles of Scilly”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Airport and Harry’s Walls.
St Mary’s Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Harry’s Walls
Ruins
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harry's Walls are the remains of an unfinished artillery fort, started in 1551 by the government of Edward VI to defend the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly.
Lower Moors
Protected area
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lower Moors is a wetland between Hugh Town and Old Town Bay on St Mary's, the largest island in the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porthloo 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.
Longstone
Hamlet
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longstone is small settlement on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. Nearby is Holy Vale and Rocky Hill. Longstone is located inland, at the approximate geographic centre of the island.
Old Town
Village
Photo: Matteosoldati, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is a village on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly located southeast of Hugh Town. It is thought to be the oldest settlement on the island. It is a popular tourist area and is only a short distance from the island's airport.
Rocky Hill
- Category: locality
- Location: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.91985° or 49° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
-6.30229° or 6° 18′ 8″ westOpen location code
8CXMWM9X+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3479342914OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7355801
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Polish—“Rocky Hill” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռոքի Հիլ”
- Basque: “Rocky Hill (Scilly uharteak)”
- Basque: “Rocky Hill”
- Dutch: “Rocky Hill, Isles of Scilly”
- French: “Rocky Hill”
- Polish: “Rocky Hill (Isles of Scilly)”
- Polish: “Rocky Hill”
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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 “Rocky Hill”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.