Lower Town () is the westernmost settlement on the island of St Martin's in the

Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly ( ; ) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, St Agnes, is over farther south than the most southerly point of the Great Britain, British mainla ...

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. One of the island's two

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s is located here,Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' sometimes referred to as the Hotel Quay, as the only

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on the island, ''Karma St Martin's'', is located by it. Lower Town also has the island's only

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, ''The Seven Stones''. The settlement is largely built on the hillside of Tinkler's Hill. The quay is located by

Teän Teän ( , sometimes written ''Tean'' without the Diaeresis (diacritic), diaeresis; ) is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Tresco, to the west, and St Martin's, Isles of Scilly ...

Sound.

St Agnes

There is also a small settlement called Lower Town on the island of St Agnes. It contains the island's church ( St Agnes' Church), community hall and sports facilities. In addition to Lower Town, St. Martin's has two other settlements called Higher Town and Middle Town.

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Villages in the Isles of Scilly St Martin's, Isles of Scilly {{IslesofScilly-geo-stub