Welcombe is a tiny, remote coastal parish in Torridge, Devon, England, characterised by a scattering of cottages and farms set against dramatic cliffs and a small, sheltered cove known as Welcombe Mouth. The coastline here is rugged and largely unspoilt, popular with walkers on the South West Coast Path and with seabird watchers, while the wider landscape bears the marks of long-established mixed farming.
Locally the economy hinges on agriculture and seasonal tourism, with a handful of holiday lets and camping pitches catering for visitors seeking solitude rather than facilities; day-to-day services are taken from neighbouring villages such as Hartland. The community is small and close-knit, and the area carries a coastal history of small-scale fishing and the occasional smuggling tale common to North Devon’s shorelines.
Postcode districts covering Welcombe
Most populated places nearby
- Barnstaple 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Bideford 14.5 miles23.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Morwenstow Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Coombe Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Stratton, Kilkhampton & Morwenstow Ward 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Kilkhampton Built-up area 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Hartland Built-up area 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Bradworthy Built-up area 6.1 miles9.7 km
- Poughill Built-up area 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Woolfardisworthy Built-up area 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Clovelly Parish 6.4 miles10.4 km
- Bude Built-up area 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Stratton Built-up area 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Launcells Parish 7.2 miles11.7 km
Example postcodes in Welcombe
EX39 6HG, EX39 6HL, EX39 6HQ, EX39 6HJ, EX39 6HH, EX39 6HF, EX39 6HE
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 40.1 miles64.5 km
- Exeter International Airport 50.1 miles80.6 km
- Barnstaple Railway Station 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Chapelton Railway Station 22.2 miles35.6 km
Hotels near Welcombe Ad
- The Anchor Inn 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Red Lion Hotel 4 6.8 miles10.9 km
- The Beach at Bude 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Tommy Jacks Beach Apartments 4 7 miles11.2 km
- New Inn Hotel 6.7 miles10.8 km
- The Falcon Hotel 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
Local points of interest
- Brownsham Wood Historic site 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Mouthmill Beach Beach 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Bude Haven Harbour 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Millook Haven Harbour 11.5 miles18.4 km
- Buckator Beach Beach 17.1 miles27.4 km
- Saunton Sands Beach 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Braunton Burrows Hill 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Putsborough Beach Beach 19.5 miles31.3 km