Pirates

51 places across Britain and Ireland

• Andrew Wilson and the Porteous RiotPittenweem, Fife · A smuggler's hanging that sparked a riot in Edinburgh.
• Anne BonnyNear Kinsale, County Cork · An Irish girl who became one of the most famous women pirates.
• Bardsey IslandOff the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd · The 'island of 20,000 saints', once a pirates' hideout.
• Black BartLittle Newcastle, Pembrokeshire · A Welsh sailor who became the most successful pirate of the Golden Age.
• Blackbeard's BristolLlandoger Trow, King Street, Bristol · The port that may have bred Blackbeard, and the inn that inspired Treasure Island.
• Captain Henry MorganLlanrumney, Cardiff · A Welsh buccaneer who sacked Panama and was then knighted.
• Captain KiddExecution Dock, Wapping, London · Hanged twice in one day, and his treasure is still being hunted.
• Clare IslandClew Bay, County Mayo · Grace O'Malley's family stronghold, and her probable resting place.
• CrookhavenCounty Cork · A remote Irish harbour where pirates came to rest and trade.
• Cruel CoppingerWelcombe, on the Devon–Cornwall border · A Danish smuggler who came out of a storm and ruled the coast by terror.
• Culver HolePort Eynon, Gower · A mysterious walled-up cave in the cliffs, said to be a smugglers' store.
• Dirk Hatteraick's CaveNear Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway · A smugglers' cave made famous by Sir Walter Scott.
• Drake's DrumBuckland Abbey, Devon · The privateer's drum that is said to beat when England is in danger.
• Eustace the MonkOff Sandwich, Kent · A monk turned pirate who was beheaded at sea off Sandwich.
• Grace O'Malley, the Pirate QueenRockfleet Castle, County Mayo · An Irish chieftain who ruled the western seas and met Elizabeth I face to face.
• Harry PayePoole, Dorset · Poole's own pirate, who raided the coasts of France and Spain.
• Henry EveryNewton Ferrers, Devon · The King of Pirates: the richest raid in history, and he was never caught.
• Howell DavisMilford Haven, Pembrokeshire · A Welsh pirate who captured the man who became Black Bart.
• Isaac GulliverKinson, Dorset · The 'gentle smuggler' who never killed a man and died a rich gentleman.
• Jack RattenburyBeer, Devon · The 'Rob Roy of the West', a smuggler who wrote his own life story.
• Jamaica InnBolventor, Bodmin Moor · A remote moorland coaching inn, beloved of smugglers.
• John Andrew, King of the SmugglersSaltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire · A smuggling landlord who ran his trade from the Ship Inn.
• John CalliceTenby, Pembrokeshire · An Elizabethan pirate protected by powerful friends in Wales.
• John GowCalf of Eday, Orkney · An Orkney pirate who came home to raid his own islands.
• John Hawley of DartmouthDartmouth, Devon · A privateer mayor who may have inspired Chaucer's Shipman.
• John NuttTorbay, Devon · A Devon pirate who was pardoned, thanks to a powerful friend.
• John Paul Jones' RaidWhitehaven, Cumbria · An American captain the British called a pirate raids an English port.
• John WardFaversham, Kent · A Kent fisherman who became one of the most feared pirates of the Mediterranean.
• Kingsand and CawsandRame Peninsula, Cornwall · Twin villages that were among the busiest smuggling ports in Cornwall.
• Llangrannog Smugglers' CovesLlangrannog, Ceredigion · Coves and caves used to land smuggled goods on the Welsh coast.
• Lundy IslandBristol Channel, Devon · A granite island fortress for pirates, raiders and one crooked MP.
• MoonfleetFleet, near Weymouth, Dorset · The village and crypt behind a classic smuggling novel.
• PolperroSouth-east Cornwall · A fishing village where almost everyone was in the smuggling trade.
• Prussia CoveNear Marazion, Cornwall · The hidden cove of the 'King of Prussia', Cornwall's most famous smuggling family.
• Robin Hood's BayNorth Yorkshire coast · A smugglers' village where goods could pass through the houses unseen.
• Sir Andrew Wood of LargoUpper Largo, Fife · Scotland's privateer admiral, who sailed to church on his own canal.
• Sir Henry MainwaringIghtfield, Shropshire · A gentleman pirate who was pardoned and wrote a guide to catching pirates.
• Studland BayIsle of Purbeck, Dorset · An Elizabethan pirates' haven where stolen goods were sold on the beach.
• The Deal BoatmenDeal, Kent · A town of smugglers whose boats were burned by the Prime Minister.
• The Hawkhurst GangHawkhurst, Kent · Britain's most feared smuggling gang, with hundreds of men at their call.
• The Killigrews of FalmouthFalmouth, Cornwall · A gentry family who ran piracy from their own front door.
• The Mermaid InnRye, East Sussex · The inn where the Hawkhurst Gang drank with loaded pistols on the tables.
• The Mount's Bay RaidMount's Bay, Cornwall · Corsairs from North Africa carry off villagers from a Cornish church.
• The O'Driscolls of BaltimoreDún na Séad, Baltimore, County Cork · A pirate clan whose raids drew a fleet from Waterford in revenge.
• The Owlers of Romney MarshRomney Marsh, Kent · Night-time wool smugglers who signalled with owl calls.
• The Rathlin Island MassacreRathlin Island, County Antrim · Francis Drake's ships helped trap and slaughter an island's people.
• The Running TradeDouglas, Isle of Man · An island that became Europe's smuggling warehouse.
• The Sack of BaltimoreBaltimore, County Cork · Barbary pirates carried a whole village off to slavery in Algiers.
• The Smugglers of RushRush, County Dublin · A fishing town famed for its smuggling and privateering captains.
• The Worcester AffairLeith, Edinburgh · An English captain hanged for piracy on the sands of Leith.
• Thomas Knight of Barry IslandBarry Island, Vale of Glamorgan · A smuggler who ran Barry Island as his private fortress.