Trail run from Ilfracombe to Woolacombe
Trail run along the SWCP (South West Coast Path) in North Devon from Ilfracombe to Woolacombe. running from Ilfracombe Harbour, up over Ilfracombe Torrs, down to Lee Bay with a pint at The Grampus Pub, then onto Bull Point Lighthouse, Morte Point, Mortehoe and finishing on Woolacombe Bay beach at The Red Barn restaurant & pub. Run with North Devon Road Runners (NDRR): Justin Beckley, Denise Sanders, Peter Kneil & Aaron Rinder.
Ilfracombe to Lee // 13.11.17
Coastal path walk from Ilfracombe to Lee - North Devon, UK.
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Best Attractions and Places to See in Ilfracombe, United Kingdom UK
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List of Best Things to do in Ilfracombe, United Kingdom (UK).
Active Escape
South West Coast Path Walk - Ilfracombe and the Torrs
Hele Corn Mill & Tea Room
Xtreme Coasteering
Chambercombe Manor
St Nicholas Chapel
Ilfracombe Museum
Ilfracombe Harbour
Watermouth Family Theme Park & Castle
Tunnels Beaches
Places to see in ( Ilfracombe - UK )
Places to see in ( Ilfracombe - UK )
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs. Ilfracombe stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 4 miles along the Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west. The resort of Ilfracombe is hilly and the highest point within the parish boundary is at 'Hore Down Gate', 2 miles inland and 860 feet (270 m) above sea level.
The landmark of Hillsborough Hill dominates the harbour and is the site of an Iron Age fortified settlement. In the built environment, the architectural-award-winning Landmark Theatre is either loved or hated for its unusual double-conical design. The 13th century parish church, Trinity, and the St Nicholas's Chapel (a lighthouse) on Lantern Hill, have been joined by the Damien Hirst owned statue, Verity, as points of interest.
Ilfracombe overlies slates formed from sedimentary rock that underwent geological stress (creating faults and folds), towards the end of the Carboniferous Period, around 300 million years ago. These are known as the Ilfracombe slates. Ilfracombe lies within the North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is renowned for its dramatic coastal cliffs and landscape.
Ilfracombe is at the southern end of the A361, the longest 3-digit A-road in England. From 1874, Ilfracombe was served by the Ilfracombe railway line that ran from Barnstaple, but this closed in 1970. Now, the nearest National Rail railway station is in Barnstaple and buses provide the public transport link from there to Ilfracombe.
Alot to see in ( Ilfracombe - UK ) such as :
Watermouth Castle
Chambercombe Manor
South West Coast Path
The Ilfracombe Aquarium
Croyde Beach
Bull Point Lighthouse
Marwood Hill Gardens
Ilfracombe Museum
Broomhill Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden
Bicclescombe Park
Woolacombe Beach
Rapparee Cove
Cheyne Beach
Tunnels Beach
Lantern Hill
Hele Beach
Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park
Rockham Bay
North Devon AONB
Lee Bay Beaches
Larkstone
Hele Bay
Grunta Beach
Samson's Bay
North Devon Heritage Coast
Tunnels Beaches
( Ilfracombe - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Ilfracombe . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Ilfracombe - UK
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Ilfracombe Coastal Walk
A compilation of short video clips from a walk from Ilfracombe to Woolacombe, though the Woolacombe bit is omitted because it was dark. My apologies for the glitches, which were due to issues with the editor and/or my browser.
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Walking through Ilfracombe, Devon, a beautiful harbor town with an amazing art statue, Verity
We have visited Ifracombe harbor many times, there are lots of things to see and do in this beautiful town, great local food to eat, Mum's favorite fudge shop, 'Rolys' and B even falls for the old 'coin stuck to the floor' trick!
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs. The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 4 miles along the Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west
Verity is a stainless steel and bronze statue created by Damien Hirst. The 20.25-metre tall sculpture stands on the pier at the entrance to the harbour in Ilfracombe, Devon, looking out over the Bristol Channel towards South Wales. It has been loaned to the town for 20 years
Ilfracombe Seaside Resort And Harbour North Devon 2017.
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and small harbour surrounded by cliffs on the North Devon coast, England.
The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 4 miles along the Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west. The resort is hilly and the highest point within the parish boundary is at 'Hore Down Gate', 2 miles inland and 860 feet (270 m) above sea level.
The landmark of Hillsborough Hill dominates the harbour and is the site of an Iron Age fortified settlement. In the built environment, the architectural-award-winning Landmark Theatre is either loved or hated for its unusual double-conical design. The 13th century parish church, Trinity, and the St Nicholas's Chapel (a lighthouse) on Lantern Hill, have been joined by the Damien Hirst owned statue, Verity, as points of interest.
Ilfracombe has been settled since the Iron Age, when the Dumnonii (the Roman name for the inhabitants of the South-West) established a hill fort on the dominant hill, Hillsborough (formerly Hele's Barrow). The origin of the town's name has two possible sources. The first is that it is a derivative of the Anglo-Saxon Alfreinscoma - by which name it was noted in the Liber Exoniensis of 1086. The translation of this name (from Walter William Skeat of the department of Anglo Saxon at Cambridge University) means the Valley of the sons of Alfred. The second origin is that the name Ilfracombe was derived from Norse illf (bad), Anglo-Saxon yfel (evil ford) and Anglo-Saxon cumb (valley) perhaps from a Celtic source (compare Welsh cwm), thus 'The valley with the bad ford'.
The manor house at Chambercombe in east Ilfracombe was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being built by a Norman knight Champernon (from Chambernon in France) who landed with William of Normandy. It is also said to be haunted.
Because of the natural layout of the harbour, Ilfracombe became a significant safe port (registered port of refuge) on the Bristol Channel. It also had trade routes between Kinsale and Tenby, which made the port stronger. In 1208 it was listed as having provided King John with ships and men to invade Ireland; in 1247 it supplied a ship to the fleet that was sent to conquer the Western Isles of Scotland; 6 ships, with 79 men were sent to support the siege of Calais. Ilfracombe was the last disembarkation point for two large forces sent to subdue the Irish. The building which sits on Lantern Hill by the harbour, known as St Nicholas's Chapel (built 1361) is reputed to be the oldest working lighthouse in the UK; a light/beacon has been there for over 650 years.
The novelist Fanny Burney stayed in Ilfracombe in 1817. Her diary entries (31 July – 5 October) record early 19th century life in Ilfracombe: a captured Spanish ship; two ships in distress in a storm; the visit of Thomas Bowdler; and her lucky escape after being cut off by the tide. A few years later in the 1820s a set of four tunnels were hand carved by Welsh miners to permit access to the beaches by horse-drawn carriage as well as by foot. Previously access was gained by climbing the cliffs, rounding the point by boat, swimming or at the lowest tides clambering around the rocks of the point. These tunnels led to a pair of tidal pools, which in accordance with Victorian morals, were used for segregated male and female bathing. Whereas women were constrained to a strict dress code covering up the whole body, men generally swam naked. The tunnels are still viewable and are signposted as Tunnels Beaches.
In 1856 writer Mary Ann Evans (pen-name George Eliot) accompanied George Henry Lewes to Ilfracombe to gather materials for his work Seaside Studies published in 1858.
The town's first lifeboat was bought in 1828 but a permanent service was not available until the Royal National Lifeboat Institution built a lifeboat station at the bottom of Lantern Hill near the pier in 1866. The present station at Broad Street dates from 1996.
In 1911, the Irish nationalist Anna Catherine Parnell (sister of Charles Stewart Parnell) drowned at Ilfracombe.
Miss Alice Frances Louisa Phillips (b. 26 January 1891 at 85 High Street, Ilfracombe) and her father Mr Escott Robert Phillips (b. 1869 Cardiff) held 2nd Class Ticket No. 2 on the Titanic, and set sail from Southampton on 10 April 1912 heading for New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Alice was rescued in boat 12, her father was lost in the disaster.
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Morthoe to Lee Bay
Morthoe to the Grampus Inn over the fields to Lee Bay and back along the SWCP to Mort point. Wonderful weather and good company.
WWII-Era Color Footage of Ilfracombe, England
Here's the next installment of the film reels from 1944 or 1945, this time covering Ilfracombe.
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Shining Tor - Cats Tor - Errwood Hall Peak District Walk
Walk from Derbyshire Bridge to Burbage Edge across the moorland to the summit of Shining Tor and along the ridge to Cats Tor. We then descend and explore the ruins of `Errwood hall.