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	Burgh Island Hotel, Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, TQ7 4BG
		Burgh Island truly is a hotel with a difference, and from the moment you arrive it is clear that this is no ordinary hotel.
		Burgh Island Hotel also offers a sumptuous dining experience in the award-winning Ganges Room and Ball Room fine dining restaurants, and the hotel also owns a fabulous pub on the mainland – The Pilchard Inn – in which hearty meals, particularly seafood dishes are served.
		Burgh Island itself is a beautiful island just waiting to be explored, and for those looking to de-stress and enjoy revitalising spa treatments, the leisure facilities at Burgh Island Hotel are perfect.
	www.e-travelguide.info /burghislandhotel (616 words)

	Burgh Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		At low tide the island, only 200 m from the shore, may be approached on foot.
		Several scenes from the BBC’s 1987 dramatisation of Christie’s story Nemesis were shot in the Burgh Island Hotel, as it was felt that the location was ideal for the film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burgh_Island (406 words)

	BBC - Devon Book Review - The Great White Palace by Tony Porter, about Burgh Island Hotel
		When Tony Porter and his wife Beatrice first saw Burgh Island they instantly fell under its spell and it became their "dream" to restore the abandoned crumbling hotel to its full 1930's Art Deco glory.
		The Porter's commitment to Burgh Island is a tale of supreme highs and devestating lows.
		BBC South West played their own part in the restoration of the island by running a feature on Spotlight back in the 1980s saying the island was up for sale.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/culture/bookshelf/burgh_island.shtml (808 words)

	Burgh Island - HIGH-IMPACT Business English Training on Burgh Island / Devon
		Burgh Island is firmly located in the 30s and guests encouraged to enter into the spirit of the island; fl tie at dinner is normal, especially at their dinner dances.
		A dramatic storm brought JM Turner to the island in the summer of 1812 and "with a pencil, [Turner] clambered nearly to the summit of the island".
		Burgh Island was a very sleepy place in 1895 when music hall singer, George Chirgwin, built the first hotel here with his wife, Rose.
	www.business-english-training.com /burgh.html (319 words)

	Burgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burgh (pronounced burruh) represents an autonomous corporate entity, usually a town, and has been in use in Scotland since the 12th century.
		Most royal burghs retain the title for ceremonial purposes, with the notable exception of the Scottish cities.
		Burghs had rights to representation in the Parliament of Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burgh (683 words)

	Burgh Island
		Burgh Island is a small tidal island off the south coast of Devon in England near to the small seaside village of Bigbury on Sea.
		At low tide the island, only 200m from the shore, may be approached on foot.
		Burgh Castle is a village on the River Waveney, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/27/burgh-island.html (639 words)

	Burgh Island - Icons of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The island's white, art deco hotel, which can be seen for miles around, was built in the late 1920's, and added to in the thirties, to look like a cruise liner on dry land.
		As a boy my memories of Burgh island are actually looking at it from bantham beach.
		Burgh island is one of my favourite places in England and the views from the top of the island are fantastic.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/burgh-island (245 words)

	Burgh Island \| Devon CAM Regularly updated photos of 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.
		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.
	www.devoncam.co.uk /devon/places,26,Burgh-Island.html (367 words)

	Burgh Island - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burgh Island - About Us This most romantic of private islands is set 200 metres off the coast of South Devon.
		At high tide, you will be collected by our Sea Tractor and transported to the Island in unique, eccentric, style.
		Our guests have always come to escape: noise, publicity, their weekday lives, pollution, crowds and the pressure to be anyone other than themselves.
	www.burghisland.com /content_about_us.htm (164 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Devon \| Island footpath battle stepped up
		Last year the owners of the island successfully appealed against the Right to Roam Act, allowing them to ban walkers from paths to the summit.
		Burgh Island is 200m off the coast of Devon and over the centuries has been inhabited by monks and used as a base by pilchard fishermen and smugglers.
		The island is privately owned and famous for its Grade Two listed Art Deco hotel which was completed in the 1930s.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/devon/5331952.stm (221 words)

	Practical Caravan - Top 10 Specialist Sites - Island Fever
		The boat from Barry Island will give you three hours before the return trip, enough time to explore the old farmhouse, a cholera hospital built to isolate infected sailors, the Victorian fort and other buildings on the plateau.
		The island is open every day from the end of March until the end of November, with regular ferries departing from Poole, and Sandbanks.
		The island is owned by Cistercian monks who live in a fairy-tale, neo-Tyrolean monastery, making chocolates and perfumes for a living.
	www.practicalcaravan.com /topparks (974 words)

	Burgh Island Hotel, Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, TQ7 4BG
		The nearest railway station to Burgh Island Hotel is Plymouth Station.
		Taxis are available at the station, or the hotel can arrange a chauffeur to meet you.
		The nearest airport to Burgh Island Hotel is Plymouth Airport, approximately 40 minutes’ drive or taxi journey away.
	www.e-travelguide.info /burghislandhotel/findus.htm (170 words)

	Burgh Island Hotel - Burgh Island - Burgh Island Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
		Sure you can find many other excellent hotels for less money, but Burgh Island is not about a hotel stay, it is about an experience.You cross...
		Burgh Island is quite simply the BEST and we will have not hesitation in booking there again and again…………Having recently had a Civil Partnership after 33 years of life together, my Partner Steven and...
		The islands of Britain are varied and interesting outposts of the mainland.
	tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g551631-d188769-Reviews-Burgh_Island_Hotel-Burgh... (744 words)

	Burgh Island Hotel by photographer Alan Cooney LMPA
		Burgh Island is highly recommended for the ultimate wedding photographs with a difference
		Located on a tiny island off the coast of Bigbury on Sea, Devon, and not far from the quaint Devon village of Kingsbridge, this is the most amazing Art Deco experience one could ever imagine.
		Burgh Island Hotel was disguised as the Sandy Cove Hotel for the filming of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under the Sun" featuring actor David Suchet in the starring role of Hercule Poirot in the year 2000.
	www.abcstudios.fsnet.co.uk /burghisland.htm (378 words)

	Bigbury
		I was also sailing on the more unusual West bay, blasting back and forth between Burgh Island and Challaborough.
		Bigbury on Sea is also home to it's unique "tractor": This purpose-built, hydraulically-driven beast is there to take visitors to and from Burgh Island when the tide's in.
		Flat water on the East side of Burgh Island, unless there's a swell bending round.
	www.bristolnomads.org.uk /location_reports/west_country/bigbury.htm (890 words)

	Top 5 places to spend the holidays - Holiday Travel - MSNBC.com
		Off the south Devon coast of England, the island, with its Art Deco hotel, is linked to the mainland by a tidal beach.
		Explore the Weddell Sea, and on Paulet Island marvel at the penguin colony.
		Each issue of ISLANDS Magazine explores the most beautiful island destinations in the world, from tropical island outposts to the sophisticated gems of the Mediterranean.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10007695 (678 words)

	chez slade - home page
		These are the first digital shots from a couple of days spent at a friend's wedding on Burgh Island..
		The proper wedding photos were taken using the SLR and haven't been developed yet.
		These are some of the snaps that I took with the digital camera.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/estate/kbd72/sarah/b-island/index.html (46 words)

	Around & About Kingsbridge - Guide to Bigbury & Burgh Island
		The area of "Bigbury" is divided into Burgh Island, Bigbury on Sea, and Bigbury.
		often referred to as "part-time island" because as the tide recedes it leaves a causeway of golden
		The view from the top of the island is wonderful and here can be found the ruins of
	www.kingsbridge.info /hhbigbury.html (282 words)

	Burgh Island, Devon - a review
		At low tide, the hotel can be reached by walking over the sandy beach separating the island from the mainland.
		The Grade II listed building was completed in 1929 and the entire hotel is in the Art Deco style.
		Gardens to visit while staying at Burgh Island include Overbeck's Museum and Garden (12 miles), Coleton Fishacre Garden (23 miles) and Mount Edgcumbe House and Park (29 miles).
	www.gardenvisit.com /luxuryhotels/burghisland.htm (118 words)

	MPT Online \| Afternoon Tea \| Tea Times
		Waddesdon, in the care of the National Trust, is the grandest of a trio of local Rothschild mansions.
		More than sixty years have passed since the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson escaped the attention of the world and fled to this Art Deco retreat on its own 26-acre private island off the southern coast of Devon.
		It is not hard to conjure up the moment when Jazz Age Brits flocked here and Noel Coward sipped gin cocktails at this then-exclusive retreat built in 1929 by millionaire Archibald Nettlefold to host his world-weary friends.
	www.mpt.org /tea/newsletter/0609/10.shtml (264 words)

	Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, TQ7 4BG, England, Britain, from Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay, British ...
		On the island, the little Pilchard Inn seems cowed by the rocks...
		You can read more about Burgh Island in the Special Places to Stay guide to British Hotels, Inns and Other Places.
		If Burgh Island isn't the right place for you, you can always search again.
	www.sawdays.co.uk /search/display.php?FileID=bh4019 (198 words)

	Chris de Burgh
		Aufgewachsen ist Chris de Burgh, der mit bürgerlichem Namen Christopher John Davison heißt, und in Buenos Aires
		Chris de Burgh ist dreifacher Familienvater, und seiner Tochter Rosanna hat er ein besonderes Lied gewidmet.
		On the island, we'll be living on the island,
	www.dunadan-von-numenor.de /Musik/chris_de_burgh.htm (897 words)

	www.bootsandpaws.co.uk - Devon - Page 3 (Bigbury-on-Sea, Burgh Island)
		All three photos above were taken on Burgh Island, which can be reached by foot from Bigbury-on-Sea at low tide and via the Sea Tractor when the tide is in.
		The photo on the right shows the Burgh Island Hotel, a grade two listed art deco hotel.
		Centre photo looks north from the sand spit that separates the Island from the mainland, the sand has some restricted areas for dogs but not all of it is. The photo on the right is the view from Bigbury-on-Sea across the sand at low tide, looking towards Burgh Island.
	www.bootsandpaws.co.uk /devon3.html (245 words)

	BBC - Devon - In Pictures - Bigbury and Burgh Island
		Taken from the tidal causeway linking Bigbury with Burgh Island, this image captures the stunning beauty of this stretch of coast.
		The white building is the Burgh Island Hotel, an art deco palace frequently by the crime writer Agatha Christie.
		To move around in the image, hold down your left mouse button and drag, or use cursor keys.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/content/panoramas/bigbury_burgh_island_360.shtml (121 words)

	VH1.com : Chris de Burgh : Artist Main
		An art rocker who occasionally writes pop-oriented material, Chris de Burgh has never been as popular in his native Britain or the United States as he was in other areas of the world.
		Cool jazz and smooth vocals that feel like an island breeze in your ears.
		This is the ultimate office friendly station, so cozy up to some great melodies from our deluxe box set of contemporary artists.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/deburgh_chris/artist.jhtml (221 words)

	Hope Cove - Self Catering Holidays - Salcombe - South Devon
		Breathtaking panoramic views of coastline, stretching far beyond Burgh Island to Cornwall
		The Old Colonial House is set 2 minutes walk from the waters edge, in a dramatic position facing due west across Hope Cove and Bigbury Bay.
		Enjoy our breathtaking panoramic views of the coastline, stretching far beyond Burgh Island and along to Cornwall.
	www.hopecove.gb.com (144 words)

	OutofRange.net » Blog Archive » Burgh Island Hotel
		Bonus: At high tide a “sea tractor” will drive guests to the island.
		In its Home & Away column The Times writes Agatha Christie wrote And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun in a specially commissioned beach hut at the hotel on Burgh Island.
		She was a big fan of the Art Deco hotel, as were other famous visitors including Noel Coward, Winston Churchill, and Edward and Wallis.
	www.outofrange.net /2006/06/23/burgh-island-hotel (186 words)

	Burgh Island Hotel Hotel, Burgh Island, Devon bordering
		Burgh Island Hotel Hotel, Burgh Island, Devon bordering
		Burgh Island Hotel is an Hotel in Burgh Island, Devon
		Experience the best of what Britain has to offer with a personalised chauffeur-driven tour.
	www.information-britain.co.uk /inthearea.cfm?Place_ID=15626 (284 words)

	Islands of Britain
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