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Lee and Lincombe to Six Acre Wood and Lee Bay

Devon  >  United Kingdom

The twin villages of Lee and Lincombe are on the North Devon Coast.

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Senast uppdaterad 1 juli 2022
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Beskrivning

The Lee and Lincombe village area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is between the town of Ilfracombe (see separate entry Ilfracombe Seafront and Harbour) 2 miles to the East and the long sandy beach of Woolacombe Sands to the West. Lee Bay, not to be confused with another Lee Bay further to the East (see separate entry Woody Bay- Crock Point - Lee Bay), is a rocky beach with numerous rock pools with some sandy areas, BE AWARE, CHECK TIDE TIMES IF EXPLORING ALONG BEACHES AND COVES, DANGER OF BEING CUT OFF BY THE TIDE.

The village of Lee is in a valley (called a Combe here), locally sometimes called 'The Fuchsia Valley' due to the many flowering Fuchsia plants, the village of Lee has a small car park (Fee Payable - Honesty Box) svarthätta can often be found here near the Lee Memorial Hall, nearer the beach is another car park (Free).

In the centre of Lee is the wonderfully named public house 'The Grampus Inn' (Grampus after the old name for Orca/Killer Whale), the area has some narrow roads and paths, many are steep and rough.

Six Acres Wood is wonderfully unkept and naturally wild. Look out for kungsfågel in areas of conifers and skogsduva, svarthätta, lövsångare and gransångare amongst deciduous woodland. The South West Coast Path East out of Lee Bay (see STAR on map) is also part of the long distance Tarka Trail, this part of the walk is good for numerous svarthakad buskskvätta, buskskvätta and törnsångare depending on season. Along the coast you may encounter Pilgrimsfalk, havssula and korp.

The beach (depending on tide) can hold sandlöpare, strandskata and skärpiplärka. This area is very underwatched by birdwatchers, one can only imagine how many rarities have been missed over the years.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

From the East leave Ilfracombe on Slade Road (not the A361 main road), that eventually becomes Higher Slade Road, on a sharp right turn follow road signs to Lincombe/Lee, the car park in Lee is on the Left Hand Side. From the beach side village of Woolacombe, leave along Beach Road (B3343), look for sharp left turn signed to Lincombe/Lee at road junction.

Terräng och habitat

Skog , Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Dal , Flod , Hav / ocean , Stad/by , Jordbruk , Strand

Förhållanden

Platt , Kulligt , Klippigt , Öppet landskap , Risk för högvattten

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vårsträck , Höststräck , Höst , Vår

Rutt

Asfalterad väg , Bred stig , Grusväg , Smal stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots , Cykel , Bil

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

Extra information

Although not a major holiday destination, the area is becoming busier in the the Summer, a visit outside of this time or earlier in the day is advised, the smallish car parks can get full on busy days.

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