Mermaids Pool
Mermaids Pool

A wave cut platform of near vertical bands of sandstone and mudstone with a small pool known as Mermaid’s Pool.
The viewpoint is behind a fenced off area adjacent to the old Bideford to Westward Ho! railway line
(dismantled in 1917 ) .
The coast path follows the rail trackbed as far as Cornborough Cliff where it turns inland.

Ref: 3226

Date: 27/04/2016

Location: SS 4192 2897

Mermaids Pool

A wave cut platform of near vertical bands of sandstone and mudstone with a small pool known as Mermaid’s Pool.
The viewpoint is behind a fenced off area adjacent to the old Bideford to Westward Ho! railway line
(dismantled in 1917 ) .
The coast path follows the rail trackbed as far as Cornborough Cliff where it turns inland.

Ref: 3226

Date: 27/04/2016

Location: SS 4192 2897