Woolacombe
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.Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: PeteK78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 840 residents
- Description: village in Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Woolacombe, Devon”
Photo: HJR2020, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mortehoe Museum and Bull Point Lighthouse.
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.
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.
Smugglers Rest Inn
Guest house
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smugglers Rest Inn is a guest house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Croyde and Putsborough.
Croyde
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croyde is a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon, England. The village lies on the South West Coast Path near Baggy Point, which is owned by the National Trust. Croyde is situated 3 miles south of Woolacombe.
Putsborough
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Putsborough is a hamlet in Georgeham Civil Parish on the west-facing coast of North Devon, England. It is about 3⁄4 mile north of the village of Croyde and 1 mile west-northwest of the village of Georgeham. Putsborough is situated 2½ miles south of Woolacombe.
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 2 miles northeast of Woolacombe.
Woolacombe
- Categories: seaside resort and locality
- Location: North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1728° or 51° 10′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.2051° or 4° 12′ 19″ westPopulation
840Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WLMOpen location code
9C3Q5QFV+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 249630158OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Woolacombe” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وولاكومب”
- Dutch: “Woolacombe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وولاكومب”
- French: “Woolacombe”
- German: “Woolacombe”
- Irish: “Woolacombe”
- Italian: “Woolacombe”
- Latin: “Woolacombe”
- Persian: “وولاکامب”
- Polish: “Woolacombe”
- Spanish: “Woolacombe”
- Swedish: “Woolacombe”
- Ukrainian: “Вулакомб”
- Urdu: “وولاکومب”
- Welsh: “Woolacombe”
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