TravelPicz. Walking To The British Isles. St Mary’s Island Looking at the global map you see quite clearly the shape of Great Britain, consisting of the majority of England, Scotland and Wales. That is the name of the big large recognisable island. However did you know that the British Isles consists of over 6000 Islands. Out of shore all around are land masses ranging from the larger likes of Anglesey and Isle of Wight to tiny rocky islands and yes, thousands of them. At the bottom of this post is a clever video that very quickly does explain the difference between United Kingdom, Britain, British Isles, England and a whole lot more but I want to show just a few of the isles that at low tide become part of the mainland, enough to stroll to. There are 43 tidal islands all together, here are only a few. St Mary’s Island Off the coast at Whitley Bay those that have been to the area will know the sight of the tall white lighthouse on St Mary’s Island.
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