Attractions in Isles of Scilly

22 places from our Isles of Scilly guide, from St Mary's & Hugh Town to Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Attractions

Attractions in Isles of Scilly

22 places

Garrison Walls, St Mary's & Hugh TownOther sight
Historic fortification

Garrison Walls

Coastal defences around the Garrison headland spanning 350 years; the full circuit takes about two hours, with an exhibition in the Powder House.

  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Gugh, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesPark or nature
Island

Gugh

Islet joined to St Agnes by a sandbar at low tide, with seabird colonies, heath and the Old Man standing stone.

  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Innisidgen Burial Chambers, St Mary's & Hugh TownOther sight
Prehistoric site

Innisidgen Burial Chambers

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns with views over the islands; the upper cairn is especially well preserved.

  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Lower Moors, St Mary's & Hugh TownPark or nature
Nature reserve

Lower Moors

A 10-hectare wetland with a path through wet woodland and reedbed, a screen over Shooter's Pool and two bird hides.

Outdoor
  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Old Blockhouse, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesOther sight
Historic fortification

Old Blockhouse

16th-century fort guarding Old Grimsby harbour, attacked in the Civil War; about 20 minutes' walk from Old Grimsby, with steep steps.

  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Peninnis Head, St Mary's & Hugh TownPark or nature
Nature reserve

Peninnis Head

Granite cliffs and tors on the southern tip of St Mary's, with heathland, a lighthouse and migrant birds; a Wildlife Trust reserve.

Outdoor
  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Pentle Bay, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesPark or nature
Beach

Pentle Bay

Long sandy beach on Tresco's east side, part of a protected area that includes seabird islands such as Round Island.

Outdoor
  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber, St Mary's & Hugh TownOther sight
Prehistoric site

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

A large Bronze Age entrance grave from about 2000 BC, with its kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Porthcressa Beach, St Mary's & Hugh TownPark or nature
Beach

Porthcressa Beach

Sandy bay on the south side of Hugh Town, a few minutes from the quay; the Tourist Information Centre is on Porthcressa.

Outdoor
  • St Mary's & Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
In our guideDirections
Samson, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesPark or nature
Island

Samson

Uninhabited since 1855; the whole island is protected as a scheduled landscape. Some tripper boats drop visitors on uninhabited islands.

  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Shipman Head and Hell Bay, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesPark or nature
Nature reserve

Shipman Head and Hell Bay

Bryher's wild northern tip above Hell Bay, with waved heath and a seabird colony; closed during the breeding season.

Outdoor
  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
St Agnes Lighthouse, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesOther sight
Landmark

St Agnes Lighthouse

Lighthouse first lit in 1680 and decommissioned in 1911, when Peninnis Lighthouse replaced it; the white tower still stands.

  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideDirections
Tresco Abbey Garden, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesGarden
Garden

Tresco Abbey Garden

Garden founded by Augustus Smith in the 19th century around a ruined Benedictine abbey, growing subtropical plants; pay at the gate.

Outdoor
  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Valhalla figurehead collection, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesMuseum
Museum

Valhalla figurehead collection

Ship figureheads and other relics of Scilly's maritime history, displayed inside Tresco Abbey Garden.

Indoor
  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Wingletang Down, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St AgnesPark or nature
Nature reserve

Wingletang Down

Exposed heath on St Agnes with wind-pruned heather and rare plants, including a fern that grows nowhere else in the UK.

Outdoor
  • Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
In our guideOfficial siteDirections

By area

Things to do by area in Isles of Scilly

Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.

More about Isles of Scilly: the Isles of Scilly guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

Other destinations

How the flags work

What we show, and what we leave out

Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.

  • Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on 25 Oct 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 22 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
  • Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (3 indoor, 0 partly covered, 7 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
  • Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
  • Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.

Sources

  1. Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
  2. Venue websites, read on 25 Oct 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.