White Island

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White Island is one of the larger unpopulated islands of the Isles of Scilly, part of the United Kingdom, and lies off the coast of the northernmost populated island of the group, St Martin's, to which it is joined by a tidal causeway, or isthmus. The island is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Geological Conservation Review site and is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall. ()

Alternative names: Area: 37.07 acres (0.0579 mi²)Archipelago: Isles of ScillyCoordinates: 49°58'41"N, 6°17'32"W

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White Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tresco Priory, St Martin's Methodist Church, Halangy Down, St Nicholas's Church.

2.7 miSW
Monastery
Tresco Priory, Tresco
70 min walk • 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.
1.3 miS
Church
St Martin's Methodist Church, St Martin's
34 min walk • The Methodist Church, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly is a Grade II listed chapel in St Martin's, Isles of Scilly.
3.3 miS
Prehistoric site
Halangy Down, Isles of Scilly
84 min walk • Halangy Down is a prehistoric settlement located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly. The ancient site covers the lower slope of Halangy Down hill, overlooking the coastal inlet between the island of St. Mary's and Tresco Island.
2.3 miSW
Church
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco
60 min walk • St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
2.1 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Old Blockhouse, Tresco
53 min walk • The Old Blockhouse, also known as the Dover Fort, is a 16th-century fortification on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It was built between 1548 and 1551 by the government of Edward VI to protect the islands against French attack.
2.8 miSW
Botanical garden, Fishing charters and tours, Boat tours
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Tresco
73 min walk • 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.
2.7 miW
View point, Historical place, Forts and castles
King Charles's Castle, Tresco
69 min walk • King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
3.3 miS
Ruins, Prehistoric site
Bant's Carn, St Mary's
85 min walk • Bant's Carn is a Bronze Age entrance grave located on a steep slope on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. The tomb is one of the best examples of a Scillonian entrance grave. Below Bant's Carn, lies the remains of the Iron Age village of Halangy Down.
3 miS
Archaeological site
Innisidgen, St Mary's
76 min walk • 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.
4.1 miS
Prehistoric site
Porth Hellick Down, St Mary's
106 min walk • Porth Hellick Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archeological site located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly in Great Britain.
1.4 miW
Lighthouse
Round Island Light
35 min walk • Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887.