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Place details
- Locality
- Hugh Town
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,068
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- Os grid reference
- SV903105
- Civil parish
- St Mary's
- Unitary authority
- Isles of Scilly
- Ceremonial county
- Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- Isles of Scilly
- Postcode district
- TR21
- Dialling code
- 01720
- Police
- Devon and Cornwall
- Fire
- Isles of Scilly
- Ambulance
- South Western
- Uk parliament
- St Ives
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1068
- Capital of
- Isles of Scilly
- Shares border with
- Porthloo
- Image
- Hugh Town.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01720
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Encyclopedic overview
Hugh Town (Cornish: Treworenys or Tre Huw) is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of St Mary's, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago, and is located on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison (historically the Hugh) with the rest of the island.
The population recorded by the 2011 census was 1,097 (up from 1,068 in 2001). Unlike the rest of the Isles of Scilly, the freehold title to land in the town is not held by the Duchy of Cornwall — in 1949 it was sold to the inhabitants. The harbour, however, continues to be owned and run by the Duchy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hugh Town” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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