Speke's mill mouth - a twenty minute walk south
of Hartland Quay brings you to Speke's Mill Mouth with its beautiful waterfall
and long curving beach. Access to the beach via steps gives you sandy stretches
at low tide running down to the shore.
Other beaches include:
MOUTH MILL COVE - a
free National Trust car park at
Brownsham leads to a pretty
one mile woodland walk down
to Mouth Mill, a very quiet
location ominated by Black
Church Rock with its two vast
windows carved out by the
Coast Path to either Clovelly north or Hartland Point south.
Peppercombe - a delightful walk from Horns Cross
through woodland to possibly the quietest and most secluded beach in
the area.
DUCKPOOL - small free car park with sandy beach
at low tide. Good starting point for coastpath walk south to Sandymouth.
Lovely views south to Trevose Head
SANDYMOUTH - National Trust owned with large car
park and lovely tea room. The large sandy beach has lifeguard cover
during the holiday season and is popular with surfers. Breathtaking
views south to Bude and Trevose Head.
Welcombe Mouth - a secluded and quiet bay located
at the end of a rough unmade road. A small car park gives access to
one of the loveliest beaches near Hartland. Sandy from mid-tide onwards
it also offers some excellent rock pools.
NORTHAM BURROWS COUNTRY PARK - the park covers 263
hectares of sand dunes, salt marsh and pasture providing important
habitats for wildlife. There are 1.5 miles of sandy beach protected
by a ridge of huge pebbles. The visitor centre is open from Easter
to September with excellent hands-on activities for children explaining
the ecology of the sea and surrounding area.
Instow — large safe sandy beach ideal for
young children to paddle in and play amongst the sand dunes. Easy free
parking with ferry in season across to Appledore. Wonderful views across
the estuary to Northam and Braunton Burrows.
WATERFALLS - the
Hartland Peninsula has many stunning waterfalls cascading on to pebbled
foreshores, tumbling beneath bridges or meandering their way through
yet another delightful valley towards the sea. Wargery, Blegberry, Blagdon
and Beckland but by far the most impressive and possibly the finest in
the South West must be the waterfall at Speke's Mill Mouth where Milford
Water enters the sea.
Speke’s Mill Mouth with its beautiful waterfall and long curving beach.
Access to the beach via steps gives you sandy stretches at low tide running down to the shore.
Surfers like to visit Spekes for its renowned reef brake, yet it remains peaceful and quiet even at the height of summer.
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