The Earthquake

The largest pool on the island, which was built to store water for the summer. Local flora and fauna can still be seen surrounding the pond, and carp can still be found in it.

In 1941, during World War II, two German Heinkel bomber planes crashed on the island. Although most of the wreckage has been since salvaged or plundered, some remnants of the planes can still be seen here. The other plane's crash site is on the cliffs, to the west of Pondsbury.

The island was quarried for granite during the mid-19th century, and the remains of these quarries can still be seen today on the eastern edge of the island.

Now ruined cottages that were built in the 1860s to house some of the staff who worked for the company operating the nearby quarry.

Old Light is reputed to be the highest lighthouse in England and was decommissioned as it spends much of its time in bad weather with its head in the clouds. The lighthouse is still open to visit and you can climb the very steep and precarious spiral staircase to the very top where the light platform now accommodates two deck chairs, from which the whole island can be observed.

The current church building is from the late-19th century, but is on a site where there has been a graveyard and chapel since at least the 9th century.