A job vacancy has come up to be the sole warden of a remote island off the coast of south Wales. Flat Holm island is five miles from the Vale of Glamorgan coast, clearly visible from Penarth’s impressive pier and esplanade, and you could now work there and oversee the upkeep of the idyllic 35 hectares at the most southern point in Wales.
In the Dark Ages the island was a retreat for monks, but has since housed silver miners, smugglers, and even cholera patients in a hospital for people with infectious diseases which was eventually condemned as inadequate in 1935. Remains of the hospital are intact and are to be brought back to life as a visitor attraction.
If the island’s eerie past doesn’t faze you, Cardiff Council - which employs the warden - is now looking for a new steward to replace current island warden Pierre. On its social media pages Flat Holm Island Official has written: “Sadly we announce that Pierre, our Island warden, is moving on to pastures new. He will be greatly missed, but it means we are currently in search of someone to temporarily take on the role of Flat Holm warden as soon as possible.”
