Vacation Rental Description
Castle View is one of the oldest cottages on Bryher, the last inhabitant of Samson, Mrs Woodcock, made it her home. Since then there have been quite a few changes but even with modernisation it has kept its unique character.
Sleeping four, one bedroom with double bed, and the other bedroom with twin beds. The bathroom has bath and shower with double basin. Downstairs there is a lounge with colour television and DVD, and the dining room has a table to seat eight. The kitchen has everything to make your holiday as easy as possible, fridge freezer, microwave, electric cooker, and washing machine, tumble drier and dishwasher. To make this the ideal cottage there is a glass conservatory on the front catching the morning sun. You are only yards from the beach and have splendid views of Hangman’s Island and Cromwell’s Castle.
Harbour View has 3 self catering units on the sheltered East Side of Bryher overlooking Tresco and five minutes walk from Bar quay, 10 minutes from Church quay. Fraggle Rock, our bar and cafe is close by.
Castle View Cottage sleeps up to 5 people and is let Friday to Friday. Thrift & Bracken sleep 4 people and are let Saturday to Saturday. Short breaks or long lets are available from November to April
We have been awarded 3 stars by Visit Britain and try to fulfill the obligations of the GTBS.
Facilities
Cooking Utensils
Dishwasher
Dryer
DVD
Heating
Kitchen
Microwave
Refrigerator
Sterio
TV
Washer
Shower en suite in double room
Activities
Beach
Boating
Fishing
Restaurant
Sailing
Bryher has an excellent boating service - trips are organised every day (in season) to visit other islands either for the whole or half-day. You can also go fishing or have a guided tour to see seals, puffins and occasionally whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Owner Location Comment
BRYHER is the smallest of the five islands of Scilly. You could walk around it in half a day, and yet never spend enough time soaking up the sun on its shell sand beaches and turf-clad cliff-tops.Fewer than a hundred people live here permanently and there is only one road. On Bryher, a traffic jam is when two tractors meet. Consequently there is no pollution and the salty air is a joy to inhale, distilled over 3,000 km of ocean by Atlantic breezes.
From the moment you step ashore, the sea dominates everything. On a sunny day the waters around Bryher are idyllic, a maze of ledges and gull-haunted islets threaded by glittering turquoise channels. One stretch has the most beautiful name in all the islands: the Garden of Maiden Bower. Another is the narrowest strip of Atlantic separating Rushy Bay from the bracken-covered slopes of uninhabited Samson, while on certain days, when the tide runs out and the sea-light pours across the shining sands, you can walk barefoot to Tresco, more than a kilometre away, without ever wading more than knee-deep.
At such times it is hard to believe the change a big storm brings, when Hell Bay seethes like scalded milk and the roaring seas break clean over the outlying rock castles of Mincarlo.But the abiding memories of Bryher are of clear waters and soft white sands, of the breeze in the marram grass, the scent of the gorse on the granite-strewn downs, of sheltered cottages with sub-tropical gardens and pocket-sized fields, and the warm welcome you’ll find everywhere, from the Fraggle Rock bar to the Vine Café and the five-star comforts of the Hell Bay Hotel.
What else? Cosy B&Bs, a scenic campsite, boats for hire or even timeshare, an art gallery, stalls selling homemade fudge and local produce and day trips to all the other islands. But beware. After a week on Bryher you could end up hooked on island life forever
Travel Options
- Nearest Airport : Tresco at 1 miles distance;
- Nearest Train Station : Penzance at 40 miles distance
- Nearest Town : St.Marys at 1 miles distance
- Travel Info: For getting to and from Scilly read out travel page on www.bryher-ios.co.uk
Bryher has an excellent boating service - trips are organised every day (in season) to visit other islands either for the whole or half-day. You can also go fishing or have a guided tour to see seals, puffins and occasionally whales, dolphins and porpoises.