Clovelly in North Devons Cobbled Streets and Fishing Qauy
Clovelly in North Devon is a beautiful 14th century quay and cobbled village cut into the steep wooded hillside. With is steep cobbled streets made from rocks hauled from the beach and amazing views over the deep blue sea Clovelly is a popular Devon attraction with visitors to the area. The main street through Clovelly known as up-along street is literally too steep for motor vehicle traffic, so the village uses donkeys as the main source of transporting goods through up-along street on sledges. Although there is a land rover transport that can take passengers and goods the long way round from the top of the village to the very bottom by Clovelly harbour via a back road. The village is owned privately in its entirety by one family, this insures that the traditional look and feel of the village is protected.
Staying within Clovelly Fishing Village
Entering Clovelly you will pass through the Visitors Centre, where a modest fee is charged to gain entry to the village (this helps with the upkeep of the village and helps to keep the village uncommercial). It is possible to stay within the cobbled streets of Clovelly while visiting at one of the traditional old hotels the New Inn or he Red Lion Hotel. If you are staying within the village the daily entrance fee to Clovelly at the visitors centre is waived to permit residents free access.
The once busy fishing quay at the bottom of Clovelly’s steep up-along street used to be famous for commercial mackerel and herring fishing. Now the fishing has declined but the harbour at Clovelly still bustles with small boats including some remaining fishing trawlers and chartered boat fishing trips for visitors.
