Rocky Foreshore

Place: Welcombe Mouth

Category: Geology

About: Geologists must find the different types of rocks and cliffs at Welcombe Mouth very interesting but we had a hard time getting across from one side of the beach to the other and came back via the cliff path. This was very steep but it was easier than......

Photograph Added: 14th February 2012

Reflected Cliffs

Place: Welcombe Mouth

Category: Beaches

About: When we have visited Welcombe Mouth in the past the tide has always been in and there is not a lot of beach left so we timed this visit for low tide and we are glad we did. The beach has lots of lovely fine sand and the geology is simply stunning.

Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

Looking Down onto the Beach

Place: Welcombe Mouth

Category: Coastal

About: There is a very useful notice board at Welcombe Mouth which explains that the area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is home to many specialist plants which can cope with the dry salt spray scattered by the sea. Thrift, wild carrot and se......

Photograph Added: 10th December 2011

Cliffs and Sand

Place: Welcombe Mouth

Category: Beaches

About: Welcombe Mouth is located between two river valleys one stream (its not really a river) has come half-a-dozen miles from its source which is just a few yards from where the Tamar is born. The other comes as a trickle just a few miles or so from the ......

Photograph Added: 10th December 2011

Geological Features

Place: Welcombe Mouth

Category: Geology

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About: The strange rock formations that can be found at Welcombe Mouth were formed some 320 million years ago from sheets of mud and sand on the ancient seabed being compressed and turning to stone over the ages.

Photograph Added: 10th December 2011