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Heybrook Bay & Wembury Point loop from Wembury — South Devon

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Heybrook Bay & Wembury Point loop from Wembury — South Devon

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Heybrook Bay & Wembury Point loop from Wembury — South Devon

01:14

4.62km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 8, 2024

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Your route passes through a protected area

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South Devon AONB

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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134 m

Wembury Beach and St Werburgh's Church

Highlight • Viewpoint

Wembury is a nice beach with great rockpools, a small surf break and a Marine Centre run by the Devon Wildlife Trust. There is a large car park and a cafe. The South West Coast Path runs through here and the walking is good in both directions.

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919 m

Wembury Bay

Highlight • Natural

Wembury Bay is nestled in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The beach has enough sand for sunbathing and there are rock pools to explore. The water is crystal clear and has won an award from the Marine Conservation Society.

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1.88 km

Heybrook Bay Tidal Pool

Highlight • Beach

In the 1920s this was a thriving holiday destination filled with 200 chalets, beach huts and a lido dug into the rockpools. It was an early example of an endless pool, its tagline was 'Where Sea and Sky are Lido Blue'.

The Lido was requisitioned by the War Office during World War Two and now all that remains is the tidal swimming pool.

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2.63 km

View of Great Mew Stone

Highlight • Natural Monument

Despite its small size, this island was once home to two different families in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Most recently, Samuel Wakeham bargained to live in exile on the island after he was sentenced to transportation in the early1800s. Before that a man was sentenced to live on Great Mew Stone for seven years in 1744, but decided to live there for the rest of his life, never again coming to the mainland. Their home, much extended by Wakeham, still stands on the island today.

Public access to Great Mew Stone was barred by the War Office during World War Two. It is now an important haven for bird and sea life.

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4.62 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.35 km

910 m

877 m

377 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.32 km

1.34 km

524 m

390 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 2 September

21°C

18°C

32 %

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Heybrook Bay & Wembury Point loop from Wembury — South Devon

Wembury Beach and St Werburgh's Church

Wembury Bay

Heybrook Bay Tidal Pool

View of Great Mew Stone

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