Combe Beach curves beneath green headlands and pale cliffs, where a broad sweep of sand, seaweed-dark rocks and turquoise shallows meet the open water.

From a high bank, pink shore flowers look down over dark tide pools and a gently shelving strand. Regular field bands sit above grey rock faces, with a few wind-shaped trees silhouetted along the crest. Huge white cloud towers fill the blue sky, making the far side of the bay feel light and expansive.

Combe Beach gives a visitor the pleasure of seeing land and sea change scale within one walk. Here, the view moves from flowered foreground to tidal detail and then along the planted slopes, preserving the bay’s sheltered rhythm without losing the wider horizon.