Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly

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Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly

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Tiny rocky islet with 1858 lighthouse, rich wildlife  

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7 of the Smallest Islands in the World You Can Visit

"Often noted as the world’s smallest island with a building, this rocky outcrop off the southwestern U.K. coast is roughly 150 feet long and 50 meters wide and is dominated by a massive lighthouse. Visitors can take boat tours to visit the lighthouse and explore the surrounding waters (part of the Isles of Scilly archipelago), where seabirds, dolphins, and seals are commonly spotted." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeared in print or online for Travel + Leisure, Time, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many more. You'll usually find her in an airport. If you do see her there, please say hello. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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Nils Mueller

Google
The Bishop is one of my favourite seakayaking locations, the feeling of remoteness combined with lots of wildlife is very special.

NauroseBanu Azad

Google
The Bishop Rock is a very small islet in the Atlantic Ocean known for its lighthouse. It is in the westernmost part of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago 45 km off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the world's smallest island with a building on it. The rock rises from a depth of 45 meter to expose a tip 46 meters long by 16 meters wide. The original iron lighthouse was begun in 1847 but was washed away before it could be completed. The present building was completed in 1858 and was first lit on 1 September that year. Before the installation of the helipad, visitors to the lighthouse would rappel from the top (with winches installed at the lamp level and at the base below) to boats waiting away from the lighthouse.

Bharath - பரத்

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The Smallest Island in the World. Bishop Rock is a small rocky ledge jutting out of the sea, 4 miles west of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. The British government actually answered this question in 1861, officially designating as an island any dot of land that either (a) is inhabited, or (b) has enough grass for “the summer’s pasturage of at least one sheep.” (About two acres, if you don’t have sheep appetite numbers handy.) In that spirit, the _Guinness Book of World Records _gave its “Smallest Island” award to Bishop Rock, the westernmost of the Isles of Scilly, which lie off Britain’s southwestern tip, the peninsula of Cornwall. Bishop Rock is much too small to pasture anything: at low tide, it’s a rocky ledge 46 meters long and 16 meters long, about the size of three tennis courts.

J_L Media

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Spacious. Relaxing. Had a lads night out, highlight of the trip definitely the lighthouse. Lots of water, but sadly you can't drink it. The cafe serves good coffee.

c J

Google
The pool was very clean. They must change the water every day. Quiet during our stay but maybe it gets busier during the school holidays?

Christopher Benson

Google
Despite the claims of many of these reviews, this is NOT the smallest islamd in the world ... The Guinness Book of Records only claims that Bishop Rock is "the world's smallest island with a building on it."

Mighty taste

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The food is scrumptious and the pool is verry deep but really packed with lots of people

airsplatkid d

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rocks need to be dusted and the grounds could be better maintained but over all nice lil piece of mineral with light house a plus