| Quality self catering accommodation in beautiful North Cornwall England |
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| Ivyleaf Hill, Stratton, Bude, Cornwall EX23 9LD England tel/fax +44(0)1288 321323 e-mail; tony@ivyleafcombe.com Web site: www.ivyleafcombe.com |
 There are so many walks and nature trails in this area that the visitor is spoiled for choice All Visitor Centres can provide maps and give useful advice and information about the routes. The descriptions given below are examples of the wide variety that is available |
 The Coastal Cliff Path can be walked in one-day sections, Ivyleaf combe is an ideal base with many circular walks available within an easy drive. The scenery and the views can be breathtaking. |
 Crackington Haven, is the starting place for a 9 mile walk to Bude, taking in a variety of scenery that includes an unusual woodland area (Dizzard Wood), some excellent cliff top views, before reaching Widemouth Bay and thence to Bude. |
 St John's Church, Morwenstow, is the start of an interesting and not too long circular walk. It takes in Hawkers Hut, a shelter on the cliffs built by the 19th-century Vicar, Robert Hawker. The walk continues up the Tidna Valley and returns via the inn to the church car park. The churchyard is of interest as the Reverend Hawker insisted that the bodies of seamen washed up on the foreshore should be given Christian burial there. He also built the Vicarage which can still be seen, with some chimneys modeled on the church towers of his previous parishes. The Vicarage grounds contain St John's Well which dates from the 11th century. Water from the well is still used in baptisms. |
 Coombe Valley Wood has car parking facilities and open access for informal recreation |
Cookworthy Woods off A3072 Holsworthy to Okehampton Road, 5 miles from Holsworthy. Car parking. The walk is 1.3 miles starting with a mature spruce forest, this leads to a Scots Pine area. There is a fine view over the forest and moorland from an area of young larch. The walk returns via the old railway line between Halwill Junction and Bude, passing a conservations pond that attracts a great number of dragon and damsel flies. |
Throughout the summer months (April - October) the North Cornwall Heritage Coast & Countryside Service arranges a number of guided walks led by local knowledgeable people who give some of their time to showing others what a very special place this area of the Atlantic Heritage Coast is. All are welcome. For further details pick up a copy of 'Coast Lines & Countryside News' from the Bude Visitor Information Centre or telephone the North Cornwall Heritage Coast & Countryside Service on (+44) (0)1208 893333 |
