History & Mystery

Wembury Point

This rocky foreshore is a Special Area of Conservation, home to a range of marine, bird, insect and plant life. Initially occupied in the early 1900s by the Wembury Point Holiday Camp, still visible is a tidal swimming pool, all that remains of the Heybrook Bay Lido of the 1920s, when 200 concrete and wooden holiday chalets sprawled across the Point.

Holiday Camp Entrance 1936
Holiday Camp Entrance 1936
HMS Cambridge Bus
HMS Cambridge Bus
Holiday Camp Aerial 1930s
Holiday Camp Aerial 1930s
Wembury Point Aerial 2022
Wembury Point Aerial 2022