Clovelly
Clovelly is a harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. Its steep pedestrianised cobbled main street, donkeys and views over the Bristol Channel attract numerous tourists. At the 2011 census, the parish population was 443, which was 50 fewer than ten years previously.
About Clovelly in brief
Clovelly is a harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. Its steep pedestrianised cobbled main street, donkeys and views over the Bristol Channel attract numerous tourists. At the 2011 census, the parish population was 443, which was 50 fewer than ten years previously. There is a village visitor centre which charges a fee for parking, entrance to two museums, Clovelly Court gardens, and an audiovisual guide to the village’s history. Northwest of the village is the site of an Iron Age hillfort at Windbury Head. All Saints’ Church, restored in 1866, is late Norman. In 1901 the village had a population of 621.
The village is served by Stagecoach bus service 319; the route includes Barnstaple, Bideford and Hartland. The lack of vehicular access to the main street has led to deliveries being made by sledge. Goods are delivered by being pulled down on a sledge from the upper car park, and refuse is collected bybeing pulled down the hill to a vehicle at the harbour. The novelist Charles Kingsley lived here as a child from 1831 to 1836. Later, in 1855, his novel Westward Ho! did much to stimulate interest in the village and to boost its tourist trade.
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