Lee Bay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: village in Ilfracombe, Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lee”, “Lee Bay, Devon”, and “Lee, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bull Point Lighthouse and Grampus.
Bull Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bull Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Bull Point, about one mile north of the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon, England. The lighthouse provides a visual aid to the villages of Mortehoe, Woolacombe and Ilfracombe, and warns of the inhospitable and rocky coast that lines the area.
Landmark Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
The Landmark Theatre is a theatre in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe. It has a distinctive double-conical design. It was built to replace The Pavilion Theatre, a Victorian building partly destroyed in a fire during the 1980s and later demolished. Landmark Theatre is situated 2½ miles east of Lee Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilfracombe and Woolacombe.
Ilfracombe
Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.
Ilfracombe is a small town on the North Devon coast in the west of England. It has a beautiful harbour and some wonderful examples of Victorian architecture.
Woolacombe
Photo: PeteK78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Pickwell
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pickwell is a small settlement with a converted manor house in the civil parish of Georgeham, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Pickwell is situated 4 miles south of Lee Bay.
Lee Bay
- Categories: village, parish, and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lee Bay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lee Bay”
- Dutch: “Lee Bay”
- French: “Lee Bay”
- Irish: “Lee Bay”
- Polish: “Lee Bay”
- Welsh: “Lee Bay”
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