Mortehoe

Mortehoe
Mortehoe
Population1,637 
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWoolacombe
Postcode districtEX34
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Mortehoe (/ˈmɔːrth/) is a village and former manor on the north coast of Devon, England. It lies 10 miles north-west of Barnstaple, near Woolacombe and Lee Bay, and is sited in a valley within the hilly sand-dune-like land behind Morte Point, almost directly above Woolacombe. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,637.