Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West
Explore Mortehoe, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mortehoe map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Mortehoe |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | North Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.185269 |
| Longitude | -4.208809 |
| Place Type | Village |
Mortehoe occupies a windswept crag where the Atlantic gales have long dictated the rhythm of life against the stubborn, grey stone. It lies 3.9 miles west-south-west of Ilfracombe (from Ilfracombe: bearing 248°T, OS grid SS 457 452), and is situated north of Woolacombe village. The architecture of Mortehoe clings to the high ground, a collection of low-slung dwellings that seem to have grown directly from the dark, jagged bedrock of the North Devon coast. Beyond the quiet lanes, the land terminates in the dramatic, sweeping expanse of Morte Point Sssi, where the salt-spray turns the verdant grass into a brittle, resilient carpet. Travellers often pause at the local museum to trace the maritime tragedies that once defined the character of these treacherous waters. Below the cliffs, the shifting sands of Barricane Beach offer a stark contrast to the unforgiving rock, where cowrie shells wash up in the wake of the receding tide. The light here possesses a particular, silver clarity, illuminating the intersection of ancient agricultural walls and the encroaching wilderness of the shoreline. Mortehoe endures as a sentinel of the coast, perpetually braced against the vast, restless horizon of the Bristol Channel.
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Explore Mortehoe, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.185269, -4.208809. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |