Ilfracombe - Devon - England - 4K Virtual Walk

Join us for a walk in Ilfracombe, North Devon, England. We explore Ilfracombe Harbour and take a look at the famous Verity statue. We explore Fore Street where the oldest pub in Ilfracombe, the George & Dragon is situated, together with the Prince of Wales pub, built in 1280. We walk over to Wildersmouth Beach, once a popular haunt for smugglers! We see The Landmark Theatre with it's unusual double conical design. We walk through Jubilee Gardens passing Ilfracombe Museum before returning along Wilder Road and St James Place back to the Quay and Ilfracombe Harbour.

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Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs.

The landmark of Hillsborough Hill dominates the harbour and the site of an Iron Age fortified settlement. The architectural-award-winning Landmark Theatre is either loved or hated for its unusual double-conical design. The 13th-century parish church, Holy Trinity, and the St Nicholas's Chapel (a lighthouse) on Lantern Hill, have been joined by Damien Hirst's statue of Verity as points of interest.

The building which sits on Lantern Hill by the harbour, known as St Nicholas's Chapel, built in 1361, is reputed to be the oldest working lighthouse in the UK; a light/beacon has been there for over 650 years.

Verity is a 2012 stainless steel and bronze statue created by Damien Hirst. The 66.4 ft tall sculpture stands on the pier at the entrance to Ilfracombe harbour looking out over the Bristol Channel towards South Wales. The name of the piece refers to "truth" and Hirst describes his work as a "modern allegory of truth and justice".

The statue depicts a pregnant woman holding aloft a sword while carrying the scales of justice and standing on a pile of law books. Half of the sculpture shows the internal anatomy of the pregnant woman, with the foetus clearly visible. Verity became the tallest statue in the UK when it was put into place, but is now surpassed by The Kelpies, near Falkirk, Scotland, at 98 ft.

Despite the controversial nature of the statue, overall it has had a positive impact on Ilfracombe's tourism, with people visiting the town solely to see Hirst's work. Hirst, who lives in Combe Martin, has loaned the statue to the town for 20 years starting from its erection on 16 October 2012.

Ilfracombe lies within the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is renowned for its dramatic coastal cliffs and landscape. Hillsborough, lying close to the town centre is a local nature reserve and around the town are many other havens for wildlife. The coast itself is part of the North Devon Voluntary Marine Conservation area because of its diverse and rare species.

Ilfracombe's first lifeboat was bought in 1828 but a permanent service was not available until the Royal National Lifeboat Institution built a lifeboat station at the bottom of Lantern Hill near the pier in 1866. The present station at Broad Street dates from 1996.

There are 3 deep-sea fishing boats which sail from the port and several inshore boats which farm the local lobster, crabs and whelks. There are many private charters, sea cruise and coastal tour boat operators sailing from the harbour.

A seasonal passenger ferry, operated by MS Oldenburg, connects Ilfracombe harbour to Lundy Island.

From 1874 Ilfracombe was served by the Ilfracombe railway line that ran from Barnstaple, but this closed in 1970.