Higher Town () is the easternmost and largest settlement on the island of St Martin's in the

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. It is situated just inland, though the more modern of the island's two

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s is just south of the settlementOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' and is named Higher Town Quay. The town has a bakery, St Martin's Bakery, and the island's main shop and only

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. Both of the island's churches are in Higher Town: the

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parish church of St Martin, and a

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St Martin's The island's fire and

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station is next to the parish church. The highest

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of the town (though not the island as a whole) is near the post office, at above sea level.

St Agnes

There is also a small settlement called Higher Town on the island of St Agnes. The island's pub (the Turk's Head) is between Higher Town and the island's quay at Porth Conger.

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