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Coast in Confl ict South Devon Walk South Devon WemburyCoast in to Con Plymouthfl ict Meanwhile another two worldwars. the More recently, thesea’s rimbristledwitharmaments,asboth the Englishfoughteachother alongthiscoast. have allthreatened theseshores,whileduringtheCivilWar, tension andclashes.Spain, Holland,andofcourseFrance These cliffs,beaches,andbays have witnessed centuriesof seas you lookuponwere atreacherousandlawlessplace. county’s coastseekingbootyandslaves. Throughout ages,the their beds,ascorsairpirates fromNorthAfricascouredthe millennium later, Devonfolk stillcouldnotsleepsoundlyin in dreadoftheswiftlongshipsbearingVikingraiders. A Well over athousandyears ago, coastaldwellersherelived and invasion. constant threatandrealityofattack coastlines have alsobroughtthe of thesea,county’s twolong and combat.Alongwiththefruits centuries beenasceneofconfrontation kingdom, Devon’s coasthasfor As partofthefrontlineanisland Coast inCon tragedy, of lives, times,andtreasures. that litter thecoast, each tellinga vividtaleofheroism and land have claimedotherlives, intheformofshipwrecks The vast powerofthe ocean,andthejaggedrocks ofthe battle between poundingwaves andenduring rock. Devon coastlineweseetoday is theresultofthisrelentless of seaandland meetinamightyclash.The breathtaking rage alongtheDevon coast.Day-in, day-out, the titanic forces fi rst lineof defenceandthelaunchpadforattackthrough fi erce and age-old con fl ict fl ict continuesto 2 . After climbingalong 6. Fork rightalongfront of 5. Beyond holiday chaletsbear left 4. At Bovisand Park chaletcomplex 3. At Heybrook Bay bearleftto 2. Fromcarparkfollowpath 1. Coast Path logo). waymarkers –lookforthe‘acorn’ are following‘CoastPath’ signsand (For the Points ofInterest. Numbers inbracketsreferto Directions front of theradar station. railing gateway to pass in steps (4), bearleftby spiked steps, andfollow path(3). right beforethe nexthousesup yellow waymarker arrow. Turn Bovisand Court, following signed ‘Jennycliff 1½m’. the top, bearleftalongroad, behind beachthenupsteps.At signed ‘CoastPath’. Follow path bearing leftaroundbay (2). follow coastpathupdrive, signed forBovisands. continue alongcoastpath, path alongthelowcliffs(1). along coastpath.Follow coast broad stepsthenbearleft around backofbeachandup fi rst halfofthiswalk, you fl ight of ight . Justbeforepathreachesroad 7. 11. From here bearround toright 10. At roadbearleftalong Bearleftacross next recreation 9. Whereyou reachJennycliff 8. and rejoinroute)(7,8). (5,6), thenretrace your steps to very topofconcretesteps Brownhill Battery, continue (Alternatively, foraviewof boatyards. (12,13), passingslipways and following pathalong waterfront the breakwater (10,11). right, turnleft downstepsto (9), withthetower toyour path. At topoftheramped path Mountbatten Tower, upsurfaced left infrontof the oldfortof 100m following pavement, thenleft againafter signed ‘Breakwater’. follow CoastPath area downtofarcornerand ‘acorn’ logo. slab withcarved CoastPath Jennycliff Caféandpaststone recreation areainfrontof left ahead.Cutacrossthe ‘Welcome toPlymouth’, bear and thelaidstonereading continue alongCoastPath. left throughkissinggateto at StaddonHeights,bear fi ngerpost. Bear Bear ngerpost. fi ngerpost,

South Wembury to Plymouth Devon Coast in Confl ict South Devon WemburyCoast in to Con Plymouthfl ict 16. After passing beneath 15. At thetopofrise,by 14. At endofHooeLake turnleft 13. At topofstepsfollowredarrow 12. Follow pavement totheright turn right upfootpath signed Hooe Lake andRadford Lake, castellated buildingbetween the shore. sewage works,andalongside fi Turn sharp left atthenextred red CoastPath immediately rightfollowing public footpath,thenfork Hexton Lodge,bearleftdown Hexton HillRd. lamppost, thenbearleftup red CoastPath signposton along tarmacpath,following arrow alongwaterfront (14). right followingredwaymarker t-junction atthebottom,turn narrow laneandfollowroad.At access gates,turnrightup Boringdon Rd.BeforeMOD right atbottomofhillalong signed forTurnchapel. Turn left, thenleftagaindownlane, once again. around tofollowwaterfront fi crossing thenfollowCoastPath Cross roadatyellow chevron drop downtoleftbeyond it. of oldredbeaconlight,then ngerpost, downhill,around ngerpost left.Path snakes fi ngerpost. 21. At junctionwithBovisand Rd 20. At 19. Follow waymarker arrows 18. Turn rightattheroadthen 17. Where stonepathveers left left sideofhedgebank. signed ‘Traine road1m’. Follow cross over ontopublicfootpath road, turnleft(18). and follow cross torightover stone stile When you cometoa track, left alongpublicfootpath(17). through woods. footpath straight aheadup stile, crosstrack andfollow around totheright.At the following edgeofhousing next forkcontinueuphill, then forkrightuphill.At the leading leftalongvalley (16), footpath straight ahead. Plym Trail’ cross after50matthe‘Erme- straight on. follow waymarker arrow arrow. At theendoflake following yellow waymarker right andcontinuealongshore, away fromthelake (15),bear Trail’ waymarkers). ‘Coast toCoast–ErmePlym (From hereyou arefollowing for Wembury andIvybridge. fi ngerpost atthetop, turn fi fi ngerpost. Follow ngerpost. eld edge. At the 3 forti centuries, untilitfairly bristledwith accumulated defences overthe Because ofthis, thecitysteadily a primetarget forenemyattack. military strategic signi Plymouth has been asiteofmajor headquarters of thenavyin1690, Since beingchosen astheregional Afterdecommissioning,The DuringWorld War II,Wembury 1. Points ofInterest 22. After droppingdownacross 26. Cross attheroadonto 25. After 120mturnrightandover 24. Path dropsfromtopofhill 23. After ½mileturnrightover fi complex usedtostandhere. hardly guessthatamilitary the Trust, andalreadyyou would managed forconservation by buildings. Thelandisnowbeing about demolishingalltheschool Cambridge sitein2005,and set National Trust boughttheHMS area forthenext60years. guns wereapartoflifeinthe here. Theboomofitspractise school inthecountry, was sited most importantnaval gunnery In 1940,HMSCambridge,the Point was oftenadeafeningspot. Half way alongtop follow righthand up otherside,crossstileand fi to beachandcarpark(19). right ontofootpathbackdown opposite thenturnimmediately signed ‘ChurchRd¼m’. stile tofollowpublicfootpath Turn leftalongroad. scrubby woodtoFord Farm. down through signed forFord andLangdon. stile tofollowpublicfootpath left acrosstoroad.Turn right. cations andguns. elds tobottomofvalley and fi elds and elds fi fi eld edges. eld cance –and fi eld, fork eld, . Like many oftheother 2. dubbed ‘Palmerston’sFollies’. came, andintimethefortswere out, thethreatenedinvasionnever prime minister.Asthingsturned Palmerston Fortsafterthethen the French.Theywerecalled particular fromafearedattackby and itsnavalinstallations,in Plymouth toprotectthecity ring offortswasbuiltaround In themid1800s,aformidable . Work toconstructPlymouth 4. Above Bovisand, thepath 3. The quay belowBovisand Fort the con during World War II.During Fort hadanewleaseoflife Palmerston Forts, Bovisand stone has beenused! date a total of4million tonsof scouring action ofthesea-to time totime, to counterthe blocks arestill addedfrom time. Hugestone andconcrete feat ofengineering forits the projectwas aphenomenal of ahugeiceberg ofrock,and above thewaves isjustthetip complete. Whatyou cansee and tookover 30years to Breakwater beganin1812, down toBovisand Fort. equipment andammunition was usedatonetimetolower with scrub. Thissteepcutting curious ‘gorge’, nowovergrown follows afootbridgeacross a reservoir nearby. water fromapurpose-built would dockheretotake on was builtin1816.Warships enemy bombardment. to storeammunitionsafefrom the fortliedeeptunnelsbuilt away atenemy planes.Beneath battery ontheroofchattered E-boats, andananti-aircraft the SoundlookingforGerman fl ict, itsgunsswept

South Wembury to Plymouth Devon Coast in Confl ict South Devon WemburyCoast in to Con Plymouthfl ict Thebreakwater was built Thelessimpressive Staddon BrownhillBattery isanother 5. Just behindthebreakwater, especially thenaval to protectshipping–and Viking force inthe9th century. site of the defeatof a Danish Staddon Heightswas also the and bombarding thecitybelow. taking control oftheseheights was sitedtoprevent an enemy and barracks for200men. It fi Fort (6)nearbyhadthe for any defensive capability. its imposingappearance than Palmerston Fort, builtmorefor semaphore station. fort endeditsworkinglifeas a powerful 12-inchguns.The thick steelarmourplatingand business, equippedwith2foot- small construction,itmeant Breakwater Fort. Althougha perched inthewater, sits to climbinto. the topforshipwrecked sailors was builtwithametalglobeat eastern endofthebreakwater The beaconwhichstandsonthe ships inasingleday in1804. Plymouth Sound,wrecking10 gales wouldwreakhavoc in Before itsconstructionsoutherly repower, with heavy artillery fl eet. eet. 10. The breakwater offers agood TheatmosphericMountbatten 9. AcrosstheSound,you can 8. Plymouthhadanarrow 7. Sir Francis Drake issaidtohave above thecity. Itwas herethat quarried limestoneridgesitting ‘high ground’–isamuch- the water. TheHoe–meaning view ofPlymouthHoeacross Roundheads duringthecon support ofCromwell’s victorious came outvery strongly in the EnglishCivilWar. Plymouth parliamentarian forcesduring Batten, commanderofthe It was namedafterWilliam 1600’s throughtoWWII. hundreds ofyears, from the Tower was inusefor into apartmentsinthe1970s. gone, thefortwas converted artillery andironshieldslong once protectedtheSound.Its where over 50heavy guns Picklecombe Battery, from shape ofafortress.Thisis squat, strong,rounded make outtheunmistakeable undefended. not realisingthatthecitylay invade, butlosttheirnerve, Sound. Theyhadintendedto fl entire FrenchandSpanish squeak in1779,whenthe eets massed inPlymouth fl ict. 4 15. Radford Lake ispartofthe 14. Hooe Lake haslongprovided 13. None ofPlymouth’s many 12. Mountbatten was oncehome 11. Drake’s Islandissituated OntheHoestandsPlymouth for execution in 1618. before being taken toLondon Raleigh, was held ontheestate fortunate knight, SirWalter the SpanishArmada. Aless victorious, having defeated Francis Drake afterhereturned banquet was heldhereforSir back tothe13th century. A Radford Estate,whichdates here, safefromthestorms. to see60schoonersanchored In pasttimesitwas notunusual refuge fromthefuryofsea. centre andthenaval dockyards. raids Blitz’ of1941,Germanbombing World War II.Inthe‘Plymouth city sufferingseverely during defences couldprevent the German U-boatsintheChannel. the basehuntedandharried Sunderland During World War II, later becameRAFMounbatten. to aseaplanestation,which with gunsandforti the littleislandwas crammed extended over thecenturies until defences wereimproved and Plymouth. Its16thcentury perfectly forthedefenceof fortress forover 100 years. England’s mostimportant ideas! TheCitadelremained the townsfolkgotany uppity trained onthecityitself, incase invasion, italsohadguns against athreatenedDutch Citadel. Builtin1665todefend of theSpanishArmada. setting sailtotake onthemight casually played bowlsbefore fl attened muchofthecity fl ying boatsfrom fi cations. cations. 19. The ChurchofStWerburgh 18. The wall toyour leftonthe 17. The gloriouslyopenvistafrom 16. The landtotheleftofpath sea, withouttrace orrecord. to serve was destroyed bythe original settlementitwas built One theorysuggeststhatthe of thevillage,isacuriosity. situation, outbeyond theedge roots backtoSaxon times.Its at Wembury cantrace its which littleornothinggrows. and walls builtwithcement,on on thisoldlimemortarwall, between thelifethatthrives There isastrikingcontrast Navelwort, andRed Valerian. plants includingPolypody Ferns, roadside isahappyhomefor of themoorbeyond Princetown. mast, whichliesinthemiddle Tor, crowned byatelevision You caneven seeNorthHessary Clay Works iscalledShellTop. point upabove Lee MoorChina views toDartmoor. Thehigh here includesuninterrupted they containedaircraft fuel. Mountbatten vialongpipelines, War II.ConnectedtoRAF storage tanksduringWorld here was hometotenhuge

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