Hartland Point & Heliport, Devon, UK | Visitor's Guide

Hartland Peninsula, in the County of Devon, United Kingdom is a remote rural area in the South West of England. Due to it being the closest UK Mainland point to the remote Island of Lundy, it is home to a small but busy commercial Heliport that serves the island of Lundy.

This is a video in two halves: the first half is a user guide to the Hartland Heliport, how to get here and the procedures you need to know for travelling to the island of Lundy. The second half of the video caters to those who wish to explore the wild and history rich Hartland Peninsula.

We will look at how one of the UK's principal Air Traffic Control Radar Sites, which was once a Cold War ROTOR Radar Station tasked with detecting inbound Soviet Nuclear Bombers in the 1950s.
Look at an 1870s Victorian era Lighthouse now precariously crumbling into the sea.
A 1982 shipwreck from 40 years ago that is still visible on the shoreline.

And finally tell the story of a horrendous World War One war crime against a hospital ship that shocked the Western World in 1918, all within sight of this the present day Hartland Point.

CHAPTERS

0:10 Intro
0:45 Getting to Hartland Point
2:30 The Hartland Heliport
7:52 UK NATS Radar Site
8:38 RAF Hartland Point
10:10 The Hartland Coastguard Station
11:11 The Wreck of The MS Johanna 1982
12:22 The torpedoing of HMHS Glenart Castle 1918
13:40 Hartland Point Lighthouse

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