A new, first-of-its-kind event will see swimmers 'escape' from a Welsh island. Swim event 'Escape from Flat Holm' will give advanced swimmers the opportunity later this summer to swim 12km from Flat Holm to Whitmore Bay in what has been described as "a deep-sea adventure unlike no other".
Flat Holm is a Welsh island approximately 6km from Lavernock Point, Penarth, that holds plenty of history and is home to an array of wildlife. Since the Dark Ages, the island has been a retreat for monks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, silver miners, smugglers and was later used to house cholera victims. You can read about the abandoned cholera hospital on the island here.
The small island is most known for receiving the first ever radio message across water in 1897 and was used as a defence line during the Second W. It is now used for guided tours, with visitors exploring the island and dining at the island pub, the Gull and Leek.
