Somerset Bridge
Small drawbridge that links Somerset Island to the main island, mentioned in 1620, with a wooden opening just wide enough for a sailing mast to pass.
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Sandys · Bermuda Capital
In the destination Royal Naval Dockyard and Sandys.
In the photo: Mangrove Bay and the shore at Somerset Village, in Sandys.
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The city
Small village on the shore of Mangrove Bay, on Somerset Island in western Bermuda. Quiet streets, houses by the water and, nearby, the Somerset drawbridge, Fort Scaur, Somerset Long Bay beach and the trails of Hog Bay Park.
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The local experience
Small drawbridge that links Somerset Island to the main island, mentioned in 1620, with a wooden opening just wide enough for a sailing mast to pass.
19th-century British fort atop Scaur Hill on Somerset Island, with a dry moat, tunnels and views over the Great Sound and Ely’s Harbour.
The largest beach in western Bermuda, on the north coast of Somerset Island, with shallow calm water and a nature reserve alongside.
Park in southwest Sandys with trails through former farmland, ruins of a lime kiln and a descent to Hog Bay inlet.