Category
Islands
British and Scottish islands large enough to visit — ferry-served, causeway-linked or remote and uninhabited.
1,075 places in this category.
Islands by region
- 530 islands in Scottish Islands
- 161 islands in Central Scotland
- 124 islands in Scottish Highlands
- 88 islands in South West England
- 27 islands in South East England
- 25 islands in North Wales
- 22 islands in Northern Ireland
- 21 islands in South Wales
- 19 islands in North East England
- 17 islands in North West England
Highlights
Flagship📷 10Islands · South East England
Hayling Island
Hayling Island — island off the south coast of England.
Flagship📷 7Islands · South East England
Isle of Sheppey
Isle of Sheppey — island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary.
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Flagship📷 10Islands · South East England
Q9679
Q9679 — island, county and unitary authority area of England, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Brownsea Island
Brownsea Island — island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10All islands
📷 5Islands · South East England
St Mary's Island
St Mary's Island — island in Medway, Kent, England, UK.
📷 2Islands · South East England
Baker's Island
Baker's Island — island in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, England.
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📷 5Islands · South East England
Burrow Island
Burrow Island — tidal island in Gosport overlooking Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, UK.
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📷 5Islands · South East England
Horsea Island
Horsea Island — island in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, England, UK.
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📷 5Islands · South East England
North Binness Island
North Binness Island — island in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Sonning Hill Island
Sonning Hill Island — island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Islands · South East England
South Binness Island
South Binness Island — island in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Islands · South East England
HMNB Portsmouth
His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base
📷 5Islands · South East England
Isle of Wight Festival Site (June)
Isle of Wight Festival Site (June) — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Treasure Island Adventure Golf
Treasure Island Adventure Golf — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Skull Island
Skull Island — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Island Innovation VI Form Campus
Island Innovation VI Form Campus — a school heritage in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Isle of Wight Studio School
Isle of Wight Studio School — a school heritage in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South East England
Isle of Grain
Isle of Grain — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 3Islands · South East England
Iffley Meadows
Iffley Meadows — island in the River Thames.
📷 3Islands · South East England
Osney
Osney — riverside community in the west of the city of Oxford, England.
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📷 5Islands · South West England
Green Island
Green Island — island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England.
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📷 5Islands · South West England
Poole Quay (Ferries for Brownsea Island)
Poole Quay (Ferries for Brownsea Island) — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Bishop Rock
Bishop Rock — islet in the Atlantic Ocean, at the Isles of Scilly, England.
Flagship📷 10
📷 8Islands · South West England
Castle Bryher
Castle Bryher — island in Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Drake's Island
Drake's Island is a island in the United Kingdom.
📷 7Islands · South West England
Gorregan
Gorregan — uninhabited rock island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 5Islands · South West England
Great Crebawethan
Great Crebawethan — island in Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Great Ganilly
Great Ganilly — island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10
📷 10Islands · South West England
Illiswilgig
Illiswilgig — island in Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
📷 3Islands · South West England
Little Crebawethan
Little Crebawethan — island in Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Lundy
Lundy — largest island in the Bristol Channel.
📷 4Islands · South West England
Maiden Bower
Maiden Bower — island in Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 4Islands · South West England
Melledgan
Melledgan — uninhabited rock island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 10Islands · South West England
Mincarlo
Mincarlo — island in Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 10Islands · South West England
Northwethel
Northwethel — island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10
📷 8Islands · South West England
Rosevean
Rosevean — island of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
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📷 10Islands · South West England
Round Island
Round Island — island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Samson
Samson — largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, in Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 3Islands · South West England
Scilly Rock
Scilly Rock — island in Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
St Martin's
St Martin's — island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
Teän
Teän — island of the Isles of Scilly, in Cornwall, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10
Flagship📷 10Islands · South West England
White Island
White Island — island in Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK.
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📷 5Islands · South West England
Bawden Rocks
Bawden Rocks — a pair of small islands approximately one mile north of St Agnes Head, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Islands · South West England
Biggal of Gorregan
Biggal of Gorregan — island in Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
📷 5Islands · South West England
Burnt Island
Burnt Island — island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall.
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Frequently asked questions
- Which British islands can you visit?
- Britain has thousands of offshore islands, from the Scottish archipelagos (Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland) to Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly and Lundy. We list 1,075. Many are reached by scheduled ferries; some tidal islands (Lindisfarne, St Michael's Mount) are walkable at low tide.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.