Tiny English island with 85 locals and a beach that ‘turns people into mermaids’ – where you can stay for £12.50 a night

AN land conscionable disconnected the seashore of Cornwall has go a fashionable spot to sojourn among staycationers looking for a distant getaway. 

St Agnes, 1 of the islands successful the Isles of Scilly, has a colonisation of astir 85 radical owed to its retired of the mode location. 

It’s the astir southerly land successful the Isles of Scilly and furthest from the main land of St Mary’s. 

But its secluded mounting and wild, unspoiled scenery are wherefore truthful galore radical privation to caput there.

There are plentifulness of beauteous beaches successful St Agnes considered among the champion successful the world.

Some of the astir fashionable ones are Bar, Beady Pool and Periglis Cove.

According to the question lensman Gordon Stokes, Periglis is the astir southbound westerly bathing formation successful Britain.

He said of it: "It's known arsenic Mermaid's Beach due to the fact that there's tons of mica successful the soil which leaves radical who beryllium connected it with shiny scales attached to them."

Bar is simply a sandbar which astatine debased tide connects the islands of St Agnes and Gugh.

When the tide is out, it's a fashionable spot for bathing successful the shallow waters and for exploring stone pools.

Beady Pool is celebrated for tiny ceramic beads that lavation up connected its shore, which are remnants of a 17th period shipwreck.

Periglis Cove offers an accidental for kayaking and basal up paddle boarding, and immoderate accidental it's the champion spot connected the land to ticker the sunset.

Visitors tin besides bask stunning views crossed to the vertebrate sanctuary that's Annet, the Western Rocks and retired to Bishop Rock.

Another fashionable attraction successful St Agnes is the Troytown Maze - a seven-ring pebble maze that's the taxable of speculation astir its origins. 

Some accidental it was built by a lighthouse keeper successful 1795, but remains of an earlier maze were recovered erstwhile it was dug up successful the 1980s. 

It tin beryllium recovered connected the seashore way astir the land for those looking to research by foot.

The full of Scilly is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and rife with wildlife.

Seals tin beryllium seen astir the islands and puffins breed connected Annet.

In the Autumn, St Agnes is often big to uncommon migratory birds.

There's nary edifice oregon guesthouse connected the island, but there's Troytown Farm campsite, acceptable connected 1 of the beaches.

Despite its distant location, the campsite offers galore modern facilities.

The workplace generates its ain energy with star panels and collects rainwater.

There's blistery showers, washing machines and dryers, kayaks and paddle boards to rent, and camping mats, chairs, and stoves for hire.

If you're looking to level up from a tent, the campsite besides has doorbell tents for hire, pre-erected and afloat equipped, and self-catering vacation cottages to let.

Troytown Farm is the lone dairy workplace successful Scilly, making a scope of nutrient from caller milk, food and clotted pick to ice-cream made successful its tiny on-site dairy.

This is each disposable from its small workplace shop, on with beef and pork reared connected the farm.

It presently costs conscionable £12.50 per nighttime for adults to campy astatine Troytown Farm and £6.75 for children nether 5.

There are fewer ways to get to St Agnes, including level and ferry.

The Scillonian ferry sails regular from Penzance to St Mary's from March to November, and connected Sundays successful the summer.

The crossing takes astir 2 hours, 45 minutes, and from St Mary's you tin instrumentality a connecting boats to St Agnes.

Skybus is the Isles of Scilly's ain hose with flights from Exeter, Newquay and Land's End.