Would YOU be brave enough to take on this £6m island off Plymouth, with its gory history, secret military tunnels and even resident amorous ghosts?

Would YOU be brave enough to take on this £6m island off Plymouth, with its gory history, secret military tunnels and even resident amorous ghosts? By Jane Fryer Published: 02:13, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 02:13, 22 July 2024 e-mail View comments Here's a thought to ponder as we do the dishes, or wait for the bus in the rain. If we were lucky enough to have our own private island — like Leonardo DiCaprio , or Richard Branson , or Johnny Depp — what would we want on it? Maybe a yellow sandy beach with a tumble of seaweed-clad rocks and a couple of resident seals? Or a labyrinth of underground tunnels that may — or may not — stretch under the sea to both Devon and Cornwall. Or perhaps a matching set of 25-ton muzzle-loading cannons designed to keep out the French, and abandoned 16th century army barracks now occupied by seagulls, cormorants, owls and bats.

Drake's Island, steeped in history and gleaming in the sun today in the Plymouth Sound Jane Fryer visited Drake's Island - named after the explorer, Sir Francis Drake, who set sail from here in 1577 to circumnavigate the globe Well anyway, if all of that is your thing, how very fortunate. Because Drake's Island, steeped in history and gleaming in the sun today in the Plymouth Sound, has the lot. And, as luck would have it, the island — named after the explorer, Sir Francis Drake, who set sail from here in 1577 to circumnavigate the globe — is up for sale.

Vendors Carter Jonas will not say a price, but are inviting .