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Tresco  An aerial view of Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly, a group of 140 small islands off Land's End, Cornwall. Tresco, one of the five inhabited islands, is the site of the world-renowned Abbey Gardens, created in the mid-19th century around the ruins of Tresco Abbey. Its many subtropical plants thrive in the island's mild climate. | Second largest of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, southwest England; population (2001) 180. The island lies 1.6 km/1 mi northwest of the largest island in the group, St Mary's. Features include Tresco Abbey, which has subtropical gardens and the ruins of a Benedictine priory. |
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