What Are People Saying About Scilly

The Garrison Walk, at the top of Hugh Town, has been names the UK's Top Coastal Walk by The Times! (Jan 30, 2010)

The Times (Jan 23, 2010) has named St. Agnes the Most Dramatic isle of the UK: "From shore to shore, treasures to explore: tiny, remote and each quite unique: some of the world's most dramatic isles lie just off the coast of Great Britain. St Agnes: The southernmost island of the British Isles is a tiny, flat speck just a mile across, home to 72 people and their sheltered daffodil farms. The indented coastline, the coves of pale pebbles, the turquoise, gin-clear water where yachts moor, a sand bar across which you can wade to neighbouring Gugh, a lighthouse: this tiniest of the five inhabited Isles of Scilly is like the setting of a child's bedtime story. The wind from the Atlantic may blow the froth off your ginger beer but otherwise it's the epitome of Blytonesque innocence. "

The Isles of Scilly, a unique archipelago of Islands off the SW top of England, has been named as one of Frommer's Top Destinations 2010. The Isles of Scilly were the only UK destination to be honoured by Frommer's this year.

Frommer's has said: "As in years past, they represent a mix of emerging spots, under-appreciated cities, and places we think you need to experience before they're overrun by tourist crowds. While authors and editors again contributed their suggestions, this year we reached out for some additional advice: During October and November readers from around the world nominated their favorites and then voted for this year's inaugural Reader Favorite. The one element that connects all of these? We can't wait to go."

The Isles of Scilly were featured on BBC's Countryfile on November 22nd. Julia Bradbury explored a variety of areas of Island life, including Tresco Estates and inter-Island boating requirements of the local population. You can view the programe by clicking this link

Watch a great family holiday here on the Isles of Scilly, filmed by the BBC this summer, with this link to BBC's Gimme A Break

The Islands were recently praised by British Hollywood star Jude Law who described the Islands as "the best place on earth" during a recent interview on the David Letterman Show in America

E-Day: Energy Saving Day (E-Day), October 6 2009, was a great success, as the first experiment of its kind to provide live measurements of a whole community's collective effort to cut their electricity use.

More information about the Earth Summit is available at http://www.e-day.org.uk/earth.aspx

Isles of Scilly postal flower delivery business Scent from the Islands, and Skybus's 25th Anniversary, was featured in ITV's popular weekly magazine programme, Countrywise on ITV1 at 7.30pm on Thursday October 1.

BBC visits the Isles of Scilly, for 'Gimme A Break'

The Isles of Scilly will appear soon Saturday, October 24th at 8:00am, as part of the BBC program Gimme A Break - where kids take control of the family break.

Top Gear visits the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly were featured on Top Gear on Sunday July 12th, at 8:00pm on BBC2. Richard Hammond and James May compared the new Porsche Panamera against a small envelope, a 39p stamp and the logistical might of the Royal Mail in a race from one end of the British Isles to the other (from the Isles of Scilly to Orkney). Watch the episode by clicking here!

"Arguably the most exotic place in all of the British Isles" (Martin Clunes on ITV's Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain)

Island Parish (BBC) has featured life on the Isles of Scilly for three years. Find out more about Island Parish (the next series will be on air in the UK this autumn)

The Isles of Scilly were featured on BBC2 on May 19th, as part of the Coast series - highlighting a range of the Islands' features!

The Isles of Scilly were also featured as part of the BBC 2 series Three Men In A Boat, starring Griff Rhys-Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O'Briain. The three followed in the footsteps of the original Three Men In A Boat, a comic novel written by Jerome K Jerome.

The Isles of Scilly featured in a worldwide ad campaign for Adidas - with David Beckham and Jose Mourinho in 2008. They visited and coached local teams in Andorra, San Marino and the Isles of Scilly.

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE COVERAGE (a few samples):

Sept 7th, The Mail: The Scilly Isles, where pristine beaches and a gentler way of life feels like a world away

Sept 5th, The Times: The Isles of Scilly - Britain's tropical islands

Aug 28th, Simon Seeks: Natural beauty in the Isles of Scilly

June 21st Telegraph: Britain's 20 Best Coastal Campsites

June 1st Telegraph: The Isles of Scilly: for human beings not human doings

Britain's 20 best secret beaches in The Sunday Times

Read about why the Isles of Scilly are Michael Morpurgo's heaven on earth

The Times To the Scilly Islands by Helicopter

The Guardian How I Found Heaven in Hell Bay

and 50 Reasons to Holiday in the UK

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Some further articles of interest...

Birmingham Mail - Walk Scilly walking festival

Oxford Mail - In England's paradise islands

Liverpool Echo - Take it Easy on the Scilly Isles