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Baggy Point

North Devon, United Kingdom

Baggy Point

Baggy Point is a headland in north Devon, England. It separates Croyde Bay and Morte Bay which includes the beaches of Woolacombe and Putsborough. There is evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic era. It was used during World War II by American forces training for the Normandy Landings. The

land has been owned by the National Trust since 1939 when it was donated Constance and Florence Hyde. Baggy Point forms part of the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Saunton To Baggy Point Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The SSSI designation is for both geological and botanical interest. The geological interest is in the Upper Devonian Sandstones...

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