Watch Hill

Watch Hill is a peak in Bryher, Isles of Scilly, England and has an elevation of 138 feet. Watch Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet The Town, as well as near the locality Braiden Rock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Samson and Gweal.

Samson

Island

Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.

Samson is the largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. It is 38 hectares in size.

Gweal

Islet

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gweal is one of the Isles of Scilly. It is the largest of the seven Norrard Rocks due west of Bryher. The name perhaps refers back to a time before most of the islands' area was inundated.

St Helen’s

Island

Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.

St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hugh Town and Old Grimsby.

Hugh Town is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is in the west of the isle of St Mary's, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago; it is on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island.

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.

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.

Watch Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 138 feet
Category: landform
Location: Bryher, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.9555° or 49° 57′ 20″ north

Longitude

-6.3514° or 6° 21′ 5″ west

Elevation

138 feet (42 metres)

Open location code

8CXMXJ4X+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 380756977

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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