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Pirate festival returns to Burgh

Burgh Island Hotel will once again open its doors to locals and visitors alike on Thursday 14 August 2025, for the annual Tom Crocker Day – a vibrant community event celebrating the legendary pirate said to haunt the island’s historic Pilchard Inn.

Tom Crocker, once the most feared smuggler in Devon, made the island’s caves his base and met his untimely end at The Pilchard Inn....