Hartland Quay Devon CAM

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Harland Place: Hartland Quay Category: Coastal Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Looking down at the beach at Harland Quay from the road. Photograph Added: 9th January 2006

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Hartland Quay Beach Place: Hartland Quay Category: Beaches Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The beach at Hartland Quay. Photograph Added: 8th January 2006

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Hartland Quay Place: Hartland Quay Category: Coastal Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Walking down to Hartland Quay. Photograph Added: 6th January 2006

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Hartland Quay Place: Hartland Quay Category: Sea and Sand Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Hartland Quay with Lundy Island visible on the horizon. Photograph Added: 28th December 2005

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Rock formation Place: Hartland Quay Category: Geology Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: A striking rock formation at Hartland Quay. Anyone interested in Geology will not be disappointed with a visit to Hartland Quay. Photograph Added: 1st November 2005

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About Hartland Quay Devon.

Harland is located almost fifteen miles north west of Holsworthy, the village has narrow streets and a little square. In the past Hartland ranked in importance with Bideford and from the time of King Alfred to the Norman Conquest it was a royal procession. Hartland's most prosperous time was during the 1700s and some fine Georgian buildings still survive in the village.
Nearly a mile from the village towards the west is Hartland Quay which has majestic rocks rearing out of the sea. On a stormy day the area is very dramatic the view out to the Atlantic Ocean is wild and ferocious but on a fine day it is possible to see across to Lundy Island 10 miles away. The Quay was once a thriving harbour, mainly because of its remote location and the difficulty encountered in transporting goods by road. Once the railway had reached Bideford and improvements made to the road network the harbour fell in to decline and the sea finally overwhelmed the 16th century quay in the 1890s. Several of the old buildings have since been converted and there is now a hotel, a pub and a museum with artefacts and records about the many shipwrecks that have floundered on the jagged coastline.
To the north of the quay is Hartland Point quoted as being one of the boldest headlands on the English coast. Ptolemy on his map of Britain drawn up in Roman times calls the point the 'Promontory of Hercules' because the stretch of upended rocks rise about 350 feet above the sea. The Lighthouse was built in 1874 and has a beam that is visible from about 20 miles out to sea.