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1855. In the Torridge Valley is the up the cliff from the harbourside. f Hartland Point
290-km (180-mile) Tarka Trail. Until the 1990s, deliveries were Devon. Map C4.
Part of the walking and cycling made by donkeys – sledges are
trail runs along a disused railway now used instead. There are This is Devon’s wildest, most
line beside the Torridge, close to superb views from the lookout unspoiled stretch of coastline.
the Royal Horticultural Society’s points and paths from the quay. The coast and the inland village
(RHS) lovely Rosemoor Garden. Hobby Drive is a 5-km (3-mile) of Hartland featured in the 2016
walk from the village through BBC TV series The Night Manager.
Y Rosemoor Garden woodland along the coast. The The rugged landscape is best
Great Torrington. Tel 0845 2658072. road was constructed in 1811– appreciated by walking the 5 km
Open 10am–5pm daily. Closed 25 Dec. 29 to provide employment at (3 miles) of coastal path from the
& 7 limited. - = ∑ rhs.org.uk the end of the Napoleonic Wars. lighthouse at Hartland Point to
the Hartland Quay harbour, with
its Shipwreck Museum. There
d Clovelly are great views from the platform
to the west of the lighthouse.
Devon. Map C4. * 440. n Clovelly
Visitor Centre, just off Hobby Drive;
01237 431781. ∑ clovelly.co.uk Environs
Inland is stately Hartland Abbey,
A famous beauty spot since built as a monastery in around
novelist Kingsley wrote about it 1157. Now a family home, some
in Westward Ho!, Clovelly village of the interior can be visited.
has been privately owned by
the same family since 1738, with P Hartland Abbey
little trace of the fishing industry Hartland, Bideford. Tel 01237
to which it owed its birth. It is an 441496. Open late Mar–Sep: 11:30am–
idyllic place, with whitewashed Charming cottages lining a steep, narrow 5pm Sun–Thu. 7 limited. - =
houses and cobbled streets rising cobbled street in the village of Clovelly ∑ hartlandabbey.com

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The Lundy Granite Company’s abandoned
buildings lie along the north coast. The
company was founded in 1863 and Practical Information
went into liquidation just six years later. Bristol Channel, Devon.
Map B4. ø ∑ nationaltrust.
North Lighthouse org.uk
Devil’s Transport
3 Barnstaple. @ Barnstaple.
Slide
g from Bideford or Ilfracombe.
Puffins
Lundy’s unique ecosystem
supports rare wildlife,
including puffins and Manx
shearwaters. The island also
attracts many migrating
birds in spring and autumn.

MS Oldenberg
From late March to late
October, the MS Oldenburg
brings visitors and supplies
to the island, and ships
Lundy lambs and pigs
back to the mainland.
South
Lighthouse

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