Hartland Quay to Hartland Point Lighthouse, North Devon
The Hartland coast is located in a remote part of north Devon, and this strenuous clifftop walk connecting Hartland Quay to the lighthouse can be a one-way 4 mile journey (if two cars are available), or an 8 mile round trip. The walk offers an opportunity to explore the unique geology at Hartland Quay where sandstones and mudstones have been folded and contorted to produce spectacular cliff features - evidence of geological events that took place around 300 million years ago in the Variscan Orogeny. The beach by the quay also provides excellent examples of faulting, marine erosion, a wide wave cut platform, and a spectacular arch. The clifftop walk provides more opportunities to study coastal features, including a number of truncated coastal valleys. It concludes at the working automated lighthouse standing alone on the imposing Hartland point promontory.
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Paul Berry
Paul is a former Head of Geography and Assistant Vice-Principal. Paul took early retirement after 35 years as a Geography Teacher, and has written GCSE exam revision books for Collins, Hodder, and BBC Bitesize. He currently works as a Field Studies Tutor in Iceland for education travel company Rayburn Tours.
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