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Burgh Island

📍 Devon, England

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About

Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The other buildings are three private houses, and a pub, the Pilchard Inn, parts of which date to the 14th century. The island is strongly associated with writer Agatha Christie, who often visited and used the island and its hotel as a setting and inspiration for two famous novels: And Then There Were None (1939) and Evil Under the Sun (1941).

The island has a long history including a 14th-century pilchard fishery and smuggling connections — the Pilchard Inn dates to this era. In the 1930s, the Art Deco hotel was built, attracting the glamorous set. Agatha Christie stayed here and wrote 'And Then There Were None' and 'Evil Under the Sun'. Features a captain's cabin salvaged from the 1891 warship HMS Ganges. Restored to 1930s glory.