Flat Holm is a limestone island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately 6 km (4 mi) from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the City and County of Cardiff. It includes the most southerly point of Wales. The island has a long history of occupation, dating at least from Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods.

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  • Flat Holm is a limestone island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately 6 km (4 mi) from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the City and County of Cardiff. It includes the most southerly point of Wales. The island has a long history of occupation, dating at least from Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods. Religious uses include visits by disciples of Saint Cadoc in the 6th century, and in 1835 it was the site of the foundation of the Bristol Channel Mission, which later became the Mission to Seafarers. A sanatorium for cholera patients was built in 1896 as the isolation hospital for the port of Cardiff. Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first wireless signals over open sea from Flat Holm to Lavernock. Because of frequent shipwrecks a lighthouse was built on the island, which was replaced by a Trinity House lighthouse in 1737. Because of its strategic position on the approaches to Bristol and Cardiff a series of gun emplacements, known as Flat Holm Battery, were built in the 1860s as part of a line of defences, known as Palmerston Forts. On the outbreak of World War II, the island was rearmed. It is now managed by Cardiff Council's Flat Holm Project Team and designated as a Local Nature Reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Protection Area, because of the maritime grassland and rare plants such as Rock Sea-Lavender (Limonium binervosum) and Wild Leek (Allium ampeloprasum). The island also has significant breeding colonies of Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). It is also home to Slow worms (Anguis fragilis) with larger than usual blue markings.
  • Flat Holm o Flatholm (Ynys Echni in gallese) è un'isola calcarea situata nell'estuario del fiume Severn nel Canale di Bristol. Amministrativamente ricade nella Community di Butetown nel territorio della città di Cardiff, nel Galles. Circa 3,80 chilometri a Sud di Flat Holm si trova l'isola inglese di Steep Holm.
  • Flat Holm er en walisisk øy i Bristolkanalen. Administrativt tilhører den grevskapet Vale of Glamorgan. Den 13. mai 1897 sendte Guglielmo Marconi, assistert av George Kemp, en ingeniør knyttet til Cardiffs postkontor, det første trådløse radiosignal over vann fra Lavernock til Flat Holm. Meldingen som ble sendt med morsekode var 'ARE YOU READY' ('er du klar'). Flat Holm er en liten, nesten rund øy med en diameter på omkring 500 m. På toppen av en lav høyde står et fyrtårn. Det har vært drevet fyrtårn der siden det 18. århundre; det første ble bygget av William Crispe. Tidligere lå et kolerasanatorium på øya, men den er ikke lenger bebodd. Den siste bofaste fyrvokteren forlot øya i 1988, da fyret ble automatisert. I 1975 leaset lokalmyndighetene øya i de neste 99 år, og Flat Holm er nå et lokalt naturreservat. Navneleddet 'holm' er av nordisk opprinnelse, og har samme betydning som norsk 'holme'. 'Flat' må sees i forhold til naboøya Steep Holm, som har et noe mer ulendt terreng. Steep Holm tilhører Somerset i England.
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  • Flat Holm o Flatholm (Ynys Echni in gallese) è un'isola calcarea situata nell'estuario del fiume Severn nel Canale di Bristol. Amministrativamente ricade nella Community di Butetown nel territorio della città di Cardiff, nel Galles. Circa 3,80 chilometri a Sud di Flat Holm si trova l'isola inglese di Steep Holm.
  • Flat Holm is a limestone island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately 6 km (4 mi) from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the City and County of Cardiff. It includes the most southerly point of Wales. The island has a long history of occupation, dating at least from Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods.
  • Flat Holm er en walisisk øy i Bristolkanalen. Administrativt tilhører den grevskapet Vale of Glamorgan. Den 13. mai 1897 sendte Guglielmo Marconi, assistert av George Kemp, en ingeniør knyttet til Cardiffs postkontor, det første trådløse radiosignal over vann fra Lavernock til Flat Holm. Meldingen som ble sendt med morsekode var 'ARE YOU READY' ('er du klar'). Flat Holm er en liten, nesten rund øy med en diameter på omkring 500 m. På toppen av en lav høyde står et fyrtårn.
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