Fictional British islands

[peteryoung]

Okay, further to my previous post, here's what I have so far in my search for fictional British islands. Thanks to those who've suggested some... anyone know of more?

Armorel
A fictional Channel Island based on Sark, from Jerrard Tickell's novel Appointment with Venus.

Popinsay
A fictional island from Eric Linklater's children's fantasy novel Pirates in the Deep Green Sea. Not to be confused with the Orkney Island Copinsay.

Qwghlm
From Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. As I haven't read any of these books I don't know where it's meant to be located and can't find this info online, but I can tell you it's pronounced Tagum.

Scylla
One of the Scilly Isles, from the 1989 British film When the Whales Came, based on Michael Morpurgo's book Why the Whales Came (which does not feature a fictional Scilly Isle).

Shell Island
A fictional island from Dennis W. Boreham's children's novel Prisoners of the Sea.

Sodor
From the Railway Series of books by Rev. W. Awdry, situated between the Isle of Man and Cumbria. Looking at the Wiki article, I'm also interested to see Sodor has a conlanguage, 'Sudric' - I wonder how far (or how little) it was actually developed. (Conlanguages are another interest of mine).

St. Gregory
From the TV series Island at War, a fictional amalgam (and replacement) of both Jersey and Guernsey.

Comments

[drplokta]

Craggy Island (and also Rugged Island) from Father Ted (assuming you count islands in the Republic of Ireland as being British Isles).

Qwghlm should be Outer Qwghlm -- Inner Qwghlm is on the mainland.

[gummitch.livejournal.com]

I thought Outer Qwghlm only *called* Inner Qwghlm 'the mainland'. (In the same way that the Island of Shetland is called 'the mainland' by Shetland islanders.)

[drplokta]

There's a train service to Inner Qwghlm. It may go over a causeway or something, but it's pretty much connected to the mainland.

[drplokta]

Further research reveals that Inner Qwghlm used to be an island at high tide, until the sandbar connecting it to the mainland got upgraded to a causeway with a road and railway (pretty much the same as Holy Island, where Holyhead is located). So you can add Inner Qwghlm to the list as well as Outer Qwghlm if you think that makes it an island.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

assuming you count islands in the Republic of Ireland as being British Isles

Yes of course, so I ought to include Tír na nÓg as well, even though it's supposedly located far to the west of Ireland.