In the 1890s, the music hall star George H. Chirgwin built a prefabricated wooden house on the island, which was used by guests for weekend parties.

[3] Burgh Island Hotel is linked to the crime novelist Agatha Christie, as it inspired the settings for both And Then There Were None and the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun.

[6][7] Other guests who have reputedly used the hotel include Edward and Mrs Simpson[2][3] and it is said that Eisenhower and Churchill met there in the weeks leading up to the D-Day invasion.

The vehicle drives across the beach with its wheels underwater on the sandy bottom while its driver and passengers sit on a platform high above.

The climactic scene of the 1965 British film Catch Us If You Can (featuring The Dave Clark Five) takes place at the island.