Old Moaner Travel

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list

Islands

As the pedants will undoubtedly point out the United Kingdom is already an island itself, this section is about the smaller islands and there are 6,289 islands. most of them in Scotland.

Of these 123 are permanently inhabited. The largest of the islands is terms of area is Lewis and Harris, in the Western Isles with the smallest being St Agnes and Bryher in the Scilly Isles.

ANGLESEY

The largest island in Wales at 276 square miles (715 square Km's) the island is relatively unspoiled.

ISLE OF WIGHT

The Isle of Wight is the largest and second most populous island in England, covering an area of round 150 square miles it is located off the coat of Hampshire on the south coast.

ORKNEY

Orkney is a cluster of some 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited, 6.2 miles (10 kilometres) off the north coast of Scotland.

SHETLAND

Britain's nothernmost island group and, arguably, the most beautiful

SKOMER

Normally an island measuring just 2 miles my 1½ miles wouldn’t even warrant a second glance but Skomer is a wildlife haven.

The island is home to the largest colony of Manx shearwaters in the world but it’s the colony of puffins, the largest in the southern United Kingdom, which draws visitors in their thousands.