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A small town of Georgian origins just inland from the coast. Nearby, is the interesting 15th Century Parish Church of St Nectan at Stoke, which boasts a 128-ft. high tower used as a landmark by ships before the lighthouse was built at Hartland Point.
Hartland Quay has great rocks rearing out of the sea; on a stormy day, sample the ferocious majesty of the wild and unpredictable Atlantic Ocean. On fine days, Lundy Island can be seen some 10 miles distant
Hartland Quay Museum contains information on shipwrecks, of which there have been many in the vicinity, and local places of historic interest.
Nearby is Hartland Abbey, founded by King Harold's mother, Gytha, in 1060 as a college for secular canons. Later in the 12th Century it became a priory for Augustinian monks. The original buildings and later additions were replaced in 1779 by the Gothic house that you see today. There is a substantial amount of material from the original buildings incorporated in the Abbey.
Twinned with Plozevet, France
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