Bryher is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, with a population of 177 in 2021, spread across 134 hectares (1.34 km2). Bryher exhibits a procession of prominent hills connected by low-lying necks and sandy bars. Landmarks include Hell Bay, famous for shipwrecks in the 18th and 19th centuries, Shipman Head, which was fortified in the Iron Age and where the tumbled ramparts of an Iron Age castle remain, and All Saints' Church, originally constructed in 1742. The island has two quays, Church Quay and Bar Quay.
Bryher seen from Tresco
A view of Bryher
Ruby Red Devon cattle used for conservation grazing; on Rushy Bay Green, Bryher.
Hell Bay, Bryher
The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. One of the islands, St Agnes, is over four miles further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point.
Olaf Tryggvason, who visited the islands in 986. It is said an encounter with a cleric there led him to Christianise Norway.
At the time of King Cnut, the Isles of Scilly fell outside England's rule, as did Cornwall and Wales.
The Isles of Scilly, viewed from the International Space Station
The Scillonian Cross flying above St Mary's Church in Hugh Town.
