| Baggy Point | |
Baggy Point seen from Putsborough beach |
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Baggy Point
Baggy Point shown within Devon |
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| OS grid reference | SS426403 |
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| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Devon | |
Baggy Point is a headland in north Devon, England. It separates Croyde bay and Morte Bay which includes the beaches of Woolacombe and Putsborough.
The sandstone rocks are popular with climbers.[1]
The land is owned by the National Trust,[2] and forms part of the Saunton To Baggy Point Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of the geological interest in Upper Devonian Sandstones.[3] The fauna in the rocks is poor but contains bivalves, possibly of brackish to freshwater affinities, and plant remains.[4] It provides an important habitat including maritime heathland.[5]
There is evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic era and was used during World War II by American forces training for the D-Day Normandy Landings.[6]