Burgh Island

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Pictures of LL Model Name Original Town Visit? LL Ref. Dates Actual Location Grid Reference IoE
Old Tom's Timeless Tavern . Bigbury Pub some food .   Pilchard Inn

Burgh Island

TQ7 4BG

N50.1658 W3.8989 .
 
Lilliput Lane's "Old Tom's Timeless Tavern" is based on the Pilchard Inn on Burgh Island, TQ7 4BG
In this 14th Century smugglers pub, One bar is set aside for hotel guests and "regular customers"
 

Photo: Jan & Mike Tarrant

Photo: Jan & Mike Tarrant
Entrance to the "tourists" bar A very rusty old telescope
Burgh Island is across a causeway ................. ....... and has the  Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel [IoE 99608]
It used to be a private home whose guests included Noel Coward, Agatha Christie; Edward, Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson,
At high tide guest transfer is via this Sea Tractor
View back to the "mainland" ...and across to Bantham Key ("Sail Away")

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