A Visit to Bolt Head

Ken Ellis suggests a coastal walk to an airfield with a unique wartime heritage

 

Looking east down the runway. On the horizon, to the left, is the post-war radar site buildings and, in the centre, with the mast is the mid-1950s ‘Rotor’ bunker
ALL IMAGES: KEN ELLIS, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE

Ordinarily, articles in this series have their titles prefixed ‘A drive in’, or similar. For this one, a combination of watercraft and footwork is recommended. This way, readers can maximise a visit to a beautiful setting: the atmospheric town of Salcombe, on Devon’s south coast.

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