Coombe, Morwenstow
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Coombe
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Coombe Mill | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SS209118 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUDE |
Postcode district | EX23 |
Dialling code | 01288 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Coombe (Cornish: Komm) is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1]
Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow three miles (5 km) north of Bude. It is in the civil parish of Poundstock. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust.[2]
Combe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Coombe Mill
Coombe Mill, a disused mill built on four levels, lies at the bottom of Coombe Valley. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its various species of bat that inhabit the mill's buildings.[3]
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
- ^ Landmark Trust website Archived 2007-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, Featured buildings, Coombe
- ^ "Coombe Mill" (PDF). Natural England. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Coombe, Morwenstow at Wikimedia Commons