Hope Cove

Hope Cove is a little coastal village that, once discovered, is often returned to many times, year after year and generation after generation. It seems to have a unique atmosphere of its own, retaining the best of by-gone years.

It was once a thriving fishing village and smugglers haunt. Though it is still an important source of crabs and lobsters it is now more renowned as a charming holiday destination.

Hope Cove consists of 2 villages, Inner and Outer Hope, nestling below the headland of Bolt Tail. They are linked by a short road/footway or at low tide you can walk across the beach between the two.

May Villa and Trellis cottage are both situated in Inner Hope Cove. The central square of Inner Hope Cove has remained unchanged for centuries; a cluster of picturesque and much photographed cob and thatched cottages. Inner Hope Cove also has direct access to the surrounding National Trust land via the many footpaths and the Devon Coast Path to Bolt Tail then on to Soar Mill Cove with a refreshment stopping place at The Port Light. Inner Hope Cove also has a small hotel open for lunches, cream teas and dinner.

Outer Hope Cove also has a few small hotels, the Hope & Anchor pub and a Post Office and General Store and cafe. It is from Outer Hope Cove that you can continue along the Coast Path towards Thurlestone and Bantham with views of Bigbury Bay and Burgh Island all the way.

Hope Cove has two excellent safe bathing beaches (which permit dogs on a lead) with slipways for boat launches, plenty of sand for sandcastles and rocks for rock pooling. It is a very popular for family beach holidays in summer and also attracts divers, water sport enthusiasts and walkers. Seals frequent the coves around bolt tail and can regularly be seen playing in the waves.

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