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The Great Britain Guide

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Islands

British and Scottish islands large enough to visit — ferry-served, causeway-linked or remote and uninhabited.

711 places in this category.

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Baleshare

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Baleshare

Baleshare — flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Balta

Islands · Scottish Islands

Balta

Balta — island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, east of Unst.

Bardsey Island

Islands · North Wales

Bardsey Island

Bardsey Island — island off the coast of North Wales.

Barra

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Barra

Barra — island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Barra Head

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Barra Head

Barra Head — southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK.

Bass Rock

Islands · Central Scotland

Bass Rock

Bass Rock — island in the east of Scotland.

Benbecula

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Benbecula

Benbecula — island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Berneray

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Berneray

Berneray — island in the Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Bigga

Islands · Scottish Islands

Bigga

Bigga — an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland.

Bishop Rock

Islands · South West England

Bishop Rock

Bishop Rock — islet in the Atlantic Ocean, at the Isles of Scilly, England.

Boreray

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Boreray

Boreray — uninhabited island in St Kilda archipelago, Scotland.

Bressay

Islands · Scottish Islands

Bressay

Bressay — populated island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

Brownsea Island

Islands · South East England

Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island — island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK.

Bruray

Islands · Scottish Islands

Bruray

Bruray — one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland.

Bryher

Islands · South West England

Bryher

Bryher — island of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England.

Burray

Islands · Scottish Islands

Burray

Burray — island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Cairn na Burgh Beag

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Cairn na Burgh Beag

Cairn na Burgh Beag — one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

Cairn na Burgh Mòr

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Cairn na Burgh Mòr

Cairn na Burgh Mòr — one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Caldey Island

Islands · South Wales

Caldey Island

Caldey Island — small island in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.

Calf of Eday

Islands · Scottish Islands

Calf of Eday

Calf of Eday — an uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland.

Calf of Flotta

Islands · Scottish Islands

Calf of Flotta

Calf of Flotta — small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom.

Canna

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Canna

Canna — island in Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Cara Island

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Cara Island

Cara Island — small island located off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland.

Cardigan Island

Islands · Mid Wales

Cardigan Island

Cardigan Island — island in Ceredigion, Wales.

Castle Bryher

Islands · South West England

Castle Bryher

Castle Bryher — island in Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.

Cava

Islands · Scottish Islands

Cava

Cava — island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Chicken Rock

Islands · North West England

Chicken Rock

Chicken Rock — the southernmost island administered by the Isle of Man.

Church Island

Islands · North Wales

Church Island

Church Island — island in Anglesey, Wales.

Coll

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Coll

Coll — island and parish in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

Colonsay

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Colonsay

Colonsay — island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.

Copinsay

Islands · Scottish Islands

Copinsay

Copinsay — island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Damsay

Islands · Scottish Islands

Damsay

Damsay — island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Denny Island

Islands · South Wales

Denny Island

Denny Island — island in the Severn Estuary in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

Derrywarragh Island

Islands · Northern Ireland

Derrywarragh Island

Derrywarragh Island — island in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Devenish Island

Islands · Northern Ireland

Devenish Island

Devenish Island — island in Lower Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.

Drake's Island

Islands · South West England

Drake's Island

Drake's Island is a island in the United Kingdom.

Dùn

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Dùn

Dùn — island of St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Easdale

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Easdale

Easdale — one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.

East Burra

Islands · Scottish Islands

East Burra

East Burra — one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland.

Eday

Islands · Scottish Islands

Eday

Eday — island of the Orkney islands, Scotland, UK.

Egilsay

Islands · Scottish Islands

Egilsay

Egilsay — island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Eigg

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eigg

Eigg — one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Eileach an Naoimh

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eileach an Naoimh

Eileach an Naoimh — uninhabited island, Garvellachs, Scotland.

Eilean Choraidh

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eilean Choraidh

Eilean Choraidh — island in Loch Eriboll, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK.

Eilean Mhic Coinnich

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eilean Mhic Coinnich

Eilean Mhic Coinnich — island off the coast of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.

Eilean Musdile

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eilean Musdile

Eilean Musdile — an islet to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides.

Eilean Trodday

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eilean Trodday

Eilean Trodday — island in Highland, Scotland, UK.

Eorsa

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eorsa

Eorsa — island. Off the coast of Mull, Scotland, in United Kingdom.

Eriskay

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Eriskay

Eriskay — island of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland.

Eynhallow

Islands · Scottish Islands

Eynhallow

Eynhallow — island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Fair Isle

Islands · Scottish Islands

Fair Isle

Fair Isle — island at the south of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

Fara

Islands · Scottish Islands

Fara

Fara — island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Faray

Islands · Scottish Islands

Faray

Faray — island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

Fetlar

Islands · Scottish Islands

Fetlar

Fetlar — island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

Fidra

Islands · Central Scotland

Fidra

Fidra — uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, on the east coast of Scotland.

Fladda

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Fladda

Fladda — northernmost of the Treshnish Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Flat Holm

Islands · South Wales

Flat Holm

Flat Holm — island off the coast of Wales.

Flodaigh

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Flodaigh

Flodaigh — a tidal island lying to the north of Benbecula and south of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Flotta

Islands · Scottish Islands

Flotta

Flotta — small island in Orkney, Scotland, UK, lying in Scapa Flow.

Foula

Islands · Scottish Islands

Foula

Foula — island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

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Frequently asked questions

How many islands are in this guide?
We currently list 711 islands across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
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.