Morte Point

Morte Point is a peninsula on the north west coast of Devon, England, belonging to the National Trust. To the east is the village of Mortehoe and to the south is the seaside resort of Woolacombe.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mortehoe Museum and Smugglers Rest Inn.

Mortehoe Museum

Museum

The Mortehoe Museum is a museum located in Mortehoe, Devon, England, 1.5 miles north of Woolacombe. The museum building, originally a barn, is now owned by the National Trust and leased to Mortehoe Heritage Trust, registered charity number 1068961, who run the museum.

Smugglers Rest Inn

Guest house

Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Smugglers Rest Inn is a guest house.

Ship Aground

Pub

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ship Aground is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolacombe and Lee Bay.

Woolacombe

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Woolacombe is a seaside resort on the coast of North Devon, England, which lies at the mouth of a valley. The beach is 3 km, sandy and gently sloping, making it ideal for flying kites.

Lee Bay

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lee Bay or just Lee is a small village on the North Devon coast near Woolacombe. Lee is situated on the rugged and inhospitable stretch of coast between Ilfracombe and Woolacombe, which includes Bull Point and Morte Point, both notorious for shipwrecks in earlier times, and both on the South West Coast Path. Lee Bay is situated 2½ miles east of Morte Point.

Pickwell

Hamlet

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Pickwell is a small settlement with a converted manor house in the civil parish Georgeham, in the North Devon district, in the county Devon, England. Pickwell lies between the village Georgeham and the coast above Woolacombe and Putsborough beach, close to the South West Coast Path. Pickwell is situated 3 miles south of Morte Point.

Morte Point

Type: Locality
Description: headland on the north coast of Devon, England
Category: cape
Location: Mortehoe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.18779° or 51° 11′ 16″ north

Longitude

-4.23063° or 4° 13′ 50″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

9C3Q5QQ9+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 257841719

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2642173

Wikidata ID

Q6914422

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Morte Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Morte Point”
German: “Morte Point”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morte Point”
Spanish: “Morte Point”
Swedish: “Morte Point”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include National Trust and Cromlech.

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