Old Grimsby
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Old Grimsby is a coastal village on Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly
, located off the coast off Cornwall
, England
. The village has a quay, at the southern end of which is the Blockhouse, a 16th-century fort built to defend the harbour from attack.
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
, located off the coast off Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The village has a quay, at the southern end of which is the Blockhouse, a 16th-century fort built to defend the harbour from attack.