NCI Padstow (formerly known as NCI Stepper Point) stands high on the north coast of Cornwall. Along with Pentire Point opposite, it guards the entrance to the Camel estuary and the port of Padstow.
While staying with friends, Keith our watchkeeper took the opportunity to visit our colleagues at NCI Padstow.
It’s in a stunning location at the mouth of the river Camel. However, they have to park their cars at the farm gate and walk 1 mile across fields to reach the lookout. Lovely on a warm sunny, dry day but in winter!
They have rebuilt the old Coastguard lookout station and it is now very cosy, well equipped and on the SW Coast path so get lots of walkers call in and for their stamp.
The lookout commands a spectacular view north to the open sea and Lundy Island,36 nautical miles away and visible with binoculars on a clear day, west to Trevose lighthouse and the new lifeboat station, of Rock, Daymer Bay and Polzeath to the east, taking in the full sweep of the river down to Padstow in the south, and the beaches of Rock, Daymer Bay to the south east.
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