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Clovelly

A beautiful, unspoilt fishing village enveloped in green countryside. From Clovelly it is easy to take a boat trip across to Lundy Island, a pristine little wilderness just off the coast. Unusually, this village is privately owned and has a modest entrance fee to help maintain its upkeep.

5 Stars

Oct 2024

Picturesque

Absolutely beautiful little village . Lovely friendly staff in the visitors centre where you can sit and watch the world go by if you can’t walk down into the village down the steep hill. The hill is very very steep and is made from pebbles so in places hard to walk on but with it once you are at the bottom. Nice little harbour to walk around and a pebble beach too.

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2 Stars

Sep 2024

Expensive, gruelling and poor food

I get that this is a privately owned village and money needs to be made but it’s still very pricey for what you get. Also, please be aware, that unless you are nimble footed this is not an enjoyable walk down (and back) to the harbour. I’m a fairly fit mid 60 year old and I found it quite gruelling. Also I can’t recommend eating at the Red Lion in the harbour. The food was mediocre at best, served in plastic containers with wooden utensils. The bar staff were more concerned with listening to the “MTV sound of the 80’s” program on the TV than attending to punters. It was so loud that we couldn’t conduct a conversation and people were moving away from the TV as it was so very loud. It’s a shame but then they have a captive clientele so I guess they don’t really care that much.

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4 Stars

Aug 2024

What a climb!

This place is like no other. You are rewarded once at the bottom. The waterfall was beautiful and although the beach is rocky, we enjoyed our time there. Gutted the penny squash machine was out of action in the shop. There is a great selection of food at the Tourist Centre restaurant. The donkeys were in action and drawing a crowd.

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5 Stars

Jul 2024

Clovelly

Fabulous day out, your entry fee allows you to come back for a second visit, excellent food in the Red Lion at the bottom, also lovely Ice Cream in the kiosk next door, land rover taxi to take you back up, but if you can manage the walk it's an achievement!.

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4 Stars

Aug 2021

Clovelly

We walked to Clovelly which was a beautiful walk , Clovelly was really busy and you can pre book the pub in the village . Its a great place to visit but was so crowded .

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2 Stars

Sep 2011

Historical but a bit of a rip off?

We visited Clovelly as they were promoting their crab and lobster festival. Great we thought - some lovely local produce to sample. We joined a large queue to pay £5.95 to get in to the village. That was a surprise. We walked the half-mile down an extremely steep and cobbled slope to the quay which had a handful of tiny stalls selling cupcakes, stir fry and local crafts. No lovely local crab or lobster in sight. It's a tiny place so became packed very quickly and made it difficult to get around. We left pretty quickly.

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5 Stars

Aug 2011

Wonderful day out, fantastic cliff top walks with stunning views. Village was delightful - well worth the climb! Good cream teas and lovely harbour.

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5 Stars

Jul 2008

Beautiful but steep

A chocolate box seaside village that tumbles down the hill to the sea.

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