Newford Ponds

Newford Ponds is a reservoir in St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, England. Newford Ponds is situated nearby to the hamlet Trenoweth, as well as near Maypole.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Mary’s Airport and Innisidgen.

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.

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.

Isles of Scilly Museum

Museum

Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Isles of Scilly Museum is a museum in the Isles of Scilly, off Cornwall, England. The museum closed because its former home was unsafe but will re-open in the former Town Hall in Spring 2027 as the Isles of Scilly Museum & Cultural Centre.

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 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.

Holy Vale

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Newford Ponds

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.9295° or 49° 55′ 46″ north

Longitude

-6.2962° or 6° 17′ 46″ west

Open location code

8CXMWPH3+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 340697560

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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