Burgh Island

#6791 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The other buildings are three private houses, and a pub, the Pilchard Inn. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°16'47"N, 3°53'60"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Kitley Show Cave, Salcombe Castle, Overbeck's, Flete House.

6.4 miNW
Nature, Cave
Kitley Show Cave, Yealmpton
164 min walk • Kitley Show Cave is a solution cave in Yealmpton, Devon, England. Originally discovered by quarrying, it used to be open to the public as a show cave, but is now closed.
6.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Salcombe Castle, Salcombe
165 min walk • Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located on a rocky outcrop which is easily reached on foot at low tide. It is a Grade II listed building and ancient monument.
6.4 miSE
Garden, Museum, History museum
Overbeck's, Salcombe
165 min walk • Overbeck's Museum and Garden is an Edwardian house and 2.75 hectare garden at Sharpitor, Salcombe, Devon, England. It is named after its last private owner Otto Christop Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck.
4.8 miN
Park
Flete House, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
124 min walk • Flete House is a Grade I listed country house at Holbeton, in the South Hams region of Devon, England.
6.8 miNE
Forts and castles, View point
Blackdown Rings
173 min walk • The Blackdown Rings are the earthworks of an Iron Age hill fort near the hamlet of Hazelwood in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a hilltop approximately 185 metres above sea level, in a commanding position above the River Avon.
3.1 miNE
Area
South Efford Marsh, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
79 min walk • South Efford Marsh is a nature reserve of the Devon Wildlife Trust. It is situated by the River Avon, about 0.5 miles south-west of the village of Aveton Gifford, in Devon, England.
5.4 miE
50°17'14"N • 3°46'41"W
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge
138 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
5.1 miNE
Forest
Fosse Copse, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
132 min walk • Fosse Copse is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Loddiswell. It covers a total area of 1.88 hectares on the west facing slope of the Avon Valley. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. There is no public access.
1.8 miE
Hotel, Beach
Thurlestone
46 min walk • Thurlestone is a village 5 miles west of Kingsbridge in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 census was 1,886.
3.3 miSE
Village
Frogmore
85 min walk • Frogmore is a village in the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford in the South Hams district of the county of Devon, England. The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words frogga and mere meaning pool frequented by frogs.
4.1 miN
Neighbourhood
Whympston, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
105 min walk • Whympston, in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, is a historic manor. In the 12th century it became the earliest English seat of the prominent Norman family of Fortescue, influential in British and West Country history, which survives today as Earl Fortescue, seated at...