Bryher Island
Bryher (Cornish: Breyer, place of hills) is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly with a length of 2 kilometres, a maximum width of 1 kilometre and an area of 134 hectares, including Shipman Head, which rises to 42 metres at the northern end of the island. Bryher lies to the west of Tresco, and is separated from that island by the Tresco Channel, once the main anchorage for the islands and now an area where sandflats are exposed at low tide. Off the southern end of Bryher is the uninhabited island of Samson. It is possible to walk between the three islands at the lowest spring tides. The centre of Bryher is mainly low lying with arable fields, pasture and housing and is where most of the population of 83 lives. On the west side is the brackish Great Pool overlooked by the Hell Bay Hotel and in the south are sandy beaches, a common feature on the island. The island lies within the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast, is part of the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and un-tennanted land is leased by the Duchy of Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust.
Bryher Island
Bryher (Cornish: Breyer, place of hills) is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly with a length of 2 kilometres, a maximum width of 1 kilometre and an area of 134 hectares, including Shipman Head, which rises to 42 metres at the northern end of the island. Bryher lies to the west of Tresco, and is separated from that island by the Tresco Channel, once the main anchorage for the islands and now an area where sandflats are exposed at low tide. Off the southern end of Bryher is the uninhabited island of Samson. It is possible to walk between the three islands at the lowest spring tides. The centre of Bryher is mainly low lying with arable fields, pasture and housing and is where most of the population of 83 lives. On the west side is the brackish Great Pool overlooked by the Hell Bay Hotel and in the south are sandy beaches, a common feature on the island. The island lies within the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast, is part of the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and un-tennanted land is leased by the Duchy of Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust.