Sully Island - Sully Island and Swanbridge Today

Sully Island and Swanbridge Today

Opened in the 1950s Island View Caravan Park now features ninety static caravans, several chalet cabins and a number of touring caravan berths.

The Captain's Wife public house and restaurant first opened in 1977 converted from a row of traditional cottages. There are outside tables with a sea view and two levels of indoor tables with a wide choice of cuisine.

The carpark includes disabled parking spaces and the car park charges are refundable through purchases at the public house. Access to Swanbridge is by car down a narrow lane from the main Lavernock Road at the eastern end of Sully village, or on foot from St Mary's Well Bay Road.

A mile west of the island, but on the mainland, is Bendricks Rock that has the only known Upper Triassic dinosaur footprint – possibly a Tetrasauropus – site in Britain.

The 1985 application for outline planning permission to the Vale of Glamorgan Council for a Health & Holiday Hydro facility on Sully Island (reference 1985/00788/OUT) made by Miss M. Llewellyn was refused on 15 October 1985. http://vogonline.planning-register.co.uk/PlaRecord.aspx?AppNo=1985/00788/OUT