Governor's Office - St Helena, Ascension & Tristan

Office of the Governor of St Helena 🇸🇭 Ascension 🇦🇨 & Tristan da Cunha 🇹🇦
UK Overseas Territory 🇬🇧

#StHelena @Gov_Phillips @FCDOGovUK @StHelenaGovt

[St Helena Tourism @sthelenatourism]

St Helena's Day 2026

#StHelena #StHelenaIsland #CultureMonth

[St Helena in Focus @sthelenafocus]

HMS Medway, a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, has sailed up from the Falklands to Tristan da Cunha to drop off a new medical team and heavy medical supplies, and to extract the team that parachuted on to the island back on 9 May and take them on to the Falklands.

[Philip Kendall @Piquer]

Another busy weekend on Tristan. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. #TristandaCunha

https://t.co/hv3gYb8TL2

[16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team @16AirAssltBCT]

Dropping into the weekend like... jumping tandem, a Pathfinder and medic parachute as part of the brigade's fast-paced mission to deliver medical support to Tristan da Cunha, where a British national was suspected of contracting Hantavirus.

Read more: https://t.co/DY1awbOBCH

[St Helena Tourism @sthelenatourism]

Do you know how tomatoe paste sandwiches got their nickname - 'bread and dance'?

Back in the day, at community dances saints would bring tomato paste sandwiches as a staple snack

📸: Saint Cooks

#StHelena #StHelenaIsland #CultureMonth #SaintFood

[Stephen Doughty HC MP @SDoughtyMP]

Sending warm wishes to those on Ascension Island marking Ascension Day.

Amidst the ongoing Hantavirus response, we salute the island’s resilience, strong community, and commitment to protecting its remarkable natural environment.

@ascension_gov @GO_ASHT

[Philip Kendall @Piquer]

Happy Ascension Day to our beautiful sister island! #ascensionisland #TristandaCunha @Adm_Ascension @GO_ASHT

[St Helena Tourism @sthelenatourism]

Which of the below Saint sweet treats could you live without? 

A: Coconut Ice
B: Pumpkin Pudding
C: Fudge

📸: Saint Cooks

#StHelena #StHelenaIsland #CultureMonth #SaintFood

[St Helena in Focus @sthelenafocus]

A very happy Ascension Day to everyone on the fascinating island of Ascension, a sister island to St Helena and Tristan, sharing the same governor.

[Alison Kemp @AlisonKempUK]

Happy Ascension Day when the #BritishOverseasTerritory Ascension Island celebrates its name day. Great to see the Ascension Island flag flying over @FCDOGovUK All good wishes to the community on the island

[Travel St Helena @TravelStHelena]

You don’t come here to rush. You come to wander, to switch off, to lose track of time.
And the Bank of #StHelena Tourist Card helps make to make that possible. Giving access to the island’s first choice digital payment system.
Download before you travel: https://t.co/5qaNMfWbgs

[Philip Kendall @Piquer]

Thank you @ChrisCarnegy for passing on our sincere thanks #TristandaCunha

[St Helena Peaks National Park @StHelenaPeaksNP]

🧵3/3 Protecting these plants is critical, not only for biodiversity, but for the long-term health and resilience of St Helena’s environment 🌱 This week, learn more about the #innovative work underway on the Island to protect our #planthealth now and for the future! 💚 #SHCFP

[St Helena Peaks National Park @StHelenaPeaksNP]

🧵1/3 Today on 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, we are highlighting how St Helena is building the knowledge, skills and technology needed to protect the plants that protect our future 🌳🛡️ through funding from Darwin Plus (@UKBCFs)

[Philip Kendall @Piquer]

More details of the daring airdrop at Tristan da Cunha, 9th May 2026. ⬇️ Thanks again @16AirAssltBCT ! #TristandaCunha

https://t.co/rQJJW1aWjl

[Stephen Doughty HC MP @SDoughtyMP]

Extraordinary work by @16AirAssltBCT to get urgent medical support to our remote Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha.

Along with brilliant support from @UKHSA - we are committed to support the people of our OTs & British nationals, wherever they are.

https://t.co/I6sqRDh2tr

[Philip Kendall @Piquer]

Only 8 people have ever arrived on Tristan this way, and they all did it on Saturday! Well done! #TristandaCunha #paratroopers

[St Helena Peaks National Park @StHelenaPeaksNP]

Today’s #ShortRead, published in 2023 by @GetawayMagazine, is all about #WomenPower 🦸‍♀ shining a spotlight on some of the amazing women, past and present, that have worked under the St Helena Cloud Forest Project: https://t.co/Q0n3ec53ql 📖🌐 #SHCFP

[St Helena in Focus @sthelenafocus]

Napoleon’s burial on St Helena, in Valley of the Geraniums, took place 205 years ago on 9 May 1821. He was buried with full military honours and British garrison of nearly 3,000 men lined the route of cortège from Longwood House to tomb.The body would remain on island until 1840