A DAY ON ST AGNES
You can complete your set of Scilly islands today by hopping on a boat for tranquil little ST AGNES [morning departure at 10.15am & 11.15am | £12 return, children £6]. Sitting on the very edge of England, St Agnes is the most remote island in the country, home to just 82 people and with a single lane that connects the quay to the opposite corner of the island in less than 15 minutes’ walk. Along the way, you’ll pass Pot Buoys Gallery, where sustainable artist Emma Eberlein crafts jewellery out of recycled beach plastic, and a dinky primary school that provides lessons to just three pupils. A cone of velvety Troytown ice cream awaits at the farm at the end of the lane; a pint at the Turk’s Head, the most southwesterly pub in the UK, is the carrot for the walk back to the quay [last boat returns to St Mary’s at 4.45pm].
TOP TIP An alternative way of visiting St Agnes is on a WILDLIFE-WATCHING TRIP from St Mary’s. Boats [morning departures at 10.15am & 11.15am | £18, children £9] head out from Hugh Town harbour for ANNET – a bird sanctuary that provides a refuge for all kinds of seabirds, including (from April to late July) puffins – stopping off at St Agnes on the way back. You can hop off here and then catch a tripper boat back to St Mary’s later in the day [return fare covered by the wildlife-watching ticket].
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