Hugh Town: Old Grimsby Quay - Old Blockhouse
Tucked along the sheltered eastern shore of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, Old Grimsby is a place whose character is shaped by a tidal harbour and its Atlantic setting. Old Grimsby Quay provides a landing place on this car-free island, with granite cottages and fields rising above the shore. The Old Blockhouse is a 16th-century defensive work created during Henry VIII’s coastal-fortification programme, recalling the strategic importance of the waters around Scilly. Tresco is the second-largest island in the archipelago, off the coast of Cornwall; paths from Old Grimsby lead across beaches and heathland towards the celebrated Tresco Abbey Garden. Small boats, sandy shallows and granite headlands give this shoreline an intimate maritime character.
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