Burgh Island (50°16′47″N, 3°54′01″W) is a small tidal island off the south coast of Devon in England near to the small seaside village of Bigbury on Sea. There are only two buildings of any significance on the island, the larger being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel, the smaller being a public house, The Pilchard. A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a causeway exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. ... The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... Asheville City Hall. ... An amusingly named pub: the Old New Inn at Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds (southwest Midlands of England) A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia...

At low tide the island, only 200m from the shore, may be approached on foot. At high tide, the Sea Tractor operated by the hotel provides a ferry service. This unusual vehicle, the current one dating from 1966, drives across with its wheels underwater on the sandy bottom and its driver and passengers on a platform high above. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Burgh Island was the setting for the Agatha Christie murder mystery novel And Then There Were None, under the fictitious name "Indian Island." It was also the filming location for an episode of the "Poirot" TV series titled "Evil Under the Sun (2002)." Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ... The 1945 film version, showing (left to right) Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez and Walter Huston. ...

External link

• Burgh Island Hotel

See also

• Tidal island