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Tresco Abbey Garden

Photo of Tresco Abbey Garden, a Grade I registered house & garden in Cornwall, south west England.

Tresco Abbey Garden

© David Dixon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© David Dixon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tresco Abbey Garden

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A subtropical garden among priory ruins on Scilly.

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Tresco Abbey Garden is a subtropical garden built into the ruins of St Nicholas’ Priory, a Benedictine house on this Isles of Scilly island, started in 1834 by Augustus Smith and now home to around 2,000 exotic plant species that wouldn’t survive most of mainland Britain. Free-roaming red squirrels and golden pheasants wander the paths, and the Valhalla collection of salvaged ship figureheads is worth the detour. It’s open daily through the main season, with an admission charge, and reached only by boat or helicopter from Penzance.

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Photo of the Isles of Scilly, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Isles of Scilly

Island

Five inhabited islands among scores of rocks and islets off Land's End, with white-sand beaches, Tresco Abbey Garden, seabirds and inter-island launches

0.5 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of Bryher, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Bryher

Island

Scilly's smallest inhabited island, with Atlantic swell at Hell Bay, prehistoric cairns on Shipman Head and sheltered Rushy Bay

1.3 km W · Cornwall

Photo of Samson, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Samson

Island

Uninhabited twin-hilled island with the ruined cottages of families removed in 1855, prehistoric tombs on both hills and empty beaches

1.9 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

Island

Scilly's largest island, with Hugh Town's harbour, the Garrison walls and Star Castle, prehistoric tombs and boats to every off-island

2.4 km SE · Cornwall

Photo of St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Martin's, Isles of Scilly

Island

Long white beaches such as Great Bay, the red-and-white striped daymark, prehistoric cairns and seal trips out to the Eastern Isles

2.8 km NE · Cornwall

Photo of Bishop Rock Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Bishop Rock Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Guinness's smallest island with a building — an exposed granite tower marking the Atlantic edge of the Isles of Scilly and the old Blue Riband finish.

11.8 km SW · Cornwall