Burgh Island Devon CAM.

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Road on the Island Place: Burgh Island Category: Landmarks About: Burgh Island is a small tidal island across from Bigbury-on-Sea. There are only a few buildings on the island the largest of which is the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The other buildings include three private houses, and a public house called the Pi...... Photograph Added: 7th September 2011

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Looking across the Sea Place: Burgh Island Category: Coastal About: During the second World War there were Fears that Germany would land forces and us Burgh island as a beachhead. The area was fortified with anti-tank defences as well as two pill boxes which were positioned on either side of the causeway. Photograph Added: 24th June 2011

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view from the Island Place: Burgh Island Category: Coastal About: It is well worth the effort to climb to the top of Burgh Island as the views in all directions are spectacular. The sea tractor covers the distance between Bigbury and Burgh Island when the tide is in but it only a fairly short walk across the sand a...... Photograph Added: 3rd June 2011

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Art Deco Hotel Place: Burgh Island Category: Landmarks About: On our climb up to the top of Burgh Island we looked back down onto the Art Deco Hotel which is closely linked to the crime novelist Agatha Christie. It inspired the settings for both novels 'And Then There Were None' and the Hercule Poirot mystery,...... Photograph Added: 3rd June 2011

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Burgh Island Hotel Place: Burgh Island Category: Places About: Looking up the driveway to the Hotel on Burgh Island. Photograph Added: 3rd January 2006

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About Burgh Island Devon.

The history of the island is linked to monks who enjoyed the peace and tranquility of Burgh and were known to have brewed mead and supplemented their diet with the locally caught pilchards. Today on the island the smaller of the two buildings is the Pilchard Inn which dates back to the 14th Century and is reported to have been the hide out for smugglers and wreckers escaping the excise men.
A hotel has stood on the island since just before the First World War it was built by George and Rose Chirgwin. In 1927 the widow Rose sold to an eccentric known as "Uncle Archie" Nettlefold he was responsible for the present magnificent building which resembles a white art deco cruise liner beached on dry land the idea was to enjoy the sea without the sickness. The decor is very over the top, with lots of original Art Deco furniture and fittings. An unusual feature is that there are no televisions, modem access or mobile phone signals so it is possible to switch off completely. Famous visitors that have been attracted to the Art Deco Hotel include Noel Coward, the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson and Agatha Christie. The famous Queen of Crime used the island as the setting for two of her novels "And Then There Were None" and "Evil under the Sun."