Hope Cove Lift Boat
The first Lifeboat was stationed
at Hope Cove on 28th February 1878.
Many of the present day Auxiliary Coastguards are descended from the
original coastguard families. Today’s
Hope Cove Lifeboat is a completely charitable organization.
The Reading Room (“The Fisherman’s Reading Room”)
Now over 100 years old, owes its
foundation to a widow’s wish to honor the memory of her husband and her
philanthropic desire to provide a place of relaxation and learning or the
Fisherman, Coastguardsmen, Lifeboatmen and Men of Hope.
St Clement’s Church
Over 140 years old and was
originally built as a Chapel of Ease for those who found the journey to St
Andrew’s at South Huish too daunting.
South West Coastal Path
The Coastal Path lies literally
at the bottom of The Cottage Hotel driveway. and has some fantastic views over
the sea and surrounding countryside.
Herzogin Cecilie
Beside the Main Bar at The
Cottage Hotel is a cabin made from the timbers of the Herzogin Cecilie,
a clipper that ran aground on the Ham Stone in Soar Mill Cove in 1936.
The Comic Strip “Supergrass” Movie
The Comic Strip filmed most of
their comedy caper “Supergrass” in the village of Hope Cove.
The Emperor Heile Sellasie
The Emperor Heile Sellasie was
accommodated at The Cottage Hotel during some of his period of exile.
Iron Age Hill Fort
Bolt Tail, Hope Cove is capped by
an Iron Age Hill Fort.
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