Gallery 4 - Woolacombe to Hartland Point
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.
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Date: 27/04/2016
Location: SS 4192 2897